Authoritarian Upbringing, Indulgent Upbringing, and Clarity

The purveyors of the authoritarian model of raising children like to claim that indulgent upbringing breeds criminals and monsters. The purveyors of the indulgent model of raising children like to claim that authoritarian upbringing breeds violent people who cannot...

Booomers and Xers: Generational Errors of Each

One frequent criticism of the baby boom generation is that they thought that they were God. Having known many people of all ages, I knew only one person who actually thought that he was God. He was close to my age, and he stopped thinking that he was God when he got the right...

Teen Promiscuity has psychological underpinnings

It is no secret to anyone who had childhood and early adolescent trauma that early sexual acting out is a symptom and consequence of psychological stress.  But now a new study may be able to assist those in authority  -  counselors, teachers, doctors,...

Layoff 2009: An Ex-Yahoo's Survival Guide

Part One: Suddenly a Statistic So it's 2009 and you've just spent the past 15 years or so either working, going to school (partying), or pursuing your chosen profession. You were one of the most experienced guys in...

Web TV for quarterlifers: Beyond cynicism?

I haven't seen this show yet but the following review was interesting enough to get me curious. The show is said to be "post-cynical."  Yay, so am I! Except I'm post-pretentious labels too.  (That's cynical isn't it? Dammit.)"The new Web video series quarterlife...

Generation X vs. Generation RX

Yeah, I was Born in the 70’s—So What About it?! I think I have officially entered the “generation gap zone”. It is very disturbing when you feel “ancient” in a room full of people you...

Growing Up American: Words From Generation X

I grew up in a family who I always considered to walk the fine line between conservative and liberal. Before I was born, my father was in the Navy, stationed on a ship during the early days of the Vietnam War. My...

GET LAID WEB 2.0 STYLE

How do you find people who don't suck? Especially when you're the generation that makes social networking sites so other "ordinary",non-tech-start-up, non-Klingon people can find happiness online? A good plan of...

Gen X Moves In

"They were called the generation that couldn’t succeed. They lacked ambition, drive, and overall skill. Or so we thought. Much to everyone’s surprise, Generation X has been a major force in the recent real estate boom. According to recent statistics from the National...

Generation X rules

"Ten years ago I started a magazine about my generation, a group of disenfranchised youth branded with the letter X. Flash forward a decade and now we're running the world."

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