"From Babies on Board to Power Teens"

List: Sheltered: The Millennials were raised in an era where there was the most sweeping youth safety movement in American history. Gen X children were told to take care of themselves. Special: Millennial children were raised with precious baby movies and animated cartoons like The Little Mermaid. They were given a sense that they were an important part of their parent's sense of purpose. The Gen X children were taught to leave their distracted parents alone. Pressured: Millennial children were taught to study hard and to take full advantage of all oppurtunities. Gen X children were told to set their own standards. Conventional: The Millennial children took pride in the improvement of their behavior and were comfortable with their parents values. Gen X children were known as the "experimental generation" and developed an alienated youth culture. Team-Oriented: Millennial children were taught to develop strong team and peer bonds. Gen X children were more likely to trust the individual . The passage "From Babies on Board to Power Teens" attempts to explain the differences in treatment between the Millennial children(1985-today) and Gen X children(1965-1985). The author explains the Boomer's sudden development of being "into" the deeper meaning of creating families. The passage explains how the Baby Boomer generation went from staying away from childbirth to taking every precaution to ensure the "best" for their child. In the passage it goes into more detail on what events led to all of this. My opinion on this article is that it made the Gen X children out to look like a bunch of uncivilized crazy kids. It really made the parents out to look very unresponsible too. The article is very detailed though and presents a lot of respectable logos. I liked the different graphs presented to show the differences in all the generations. The events mentioned in the article help to provide a good explanation on how the Millennial children were more sheltered, pressured, and confident than the Gen X children. Most of the statements I agree with because I remember the events that took place to change something, such as the Columbine shootings. I can remember the stricter rules that followed afterwards such as: more school uniform rules, lockdown drills, and the zero tolerance acts. Overall I agree with this article because of the well backed reasonings.