Meet The Four Generations

The significance of the term generation is so much more than a grouping of people who were born within a similar time frame. Each generation shares common experiences during formative years. These events not only forge the bonds of common experience - but also serve to generate a somewhat common point of view of life. They shape attitudes on a larger scale. They create a group identity that influences individual behavior and values systems.

So to get to know a generation, you need to know a whole lot more than its current life stage. Each generation's shared history gives it a sense of context from which it tends to view the world and which becomes enormously significant in understanding it.

Take a look at the brief profiles of the four generations. Get to know them better. It's fun and it can begin to give you a whole new way of looking at yourself -- and the people around you.

Meet the Matures
Meet the Boomers
Meet the Xers
Meet the Millennials