Reply #197: Its simple, every generation hates the generation of their parents [View All]

I am positive my kids (ages 4 and 5) will be sick of me telling them that we had tapes, rented VCRs, that we remember when we got our first microwave, that we were the MTV generation, that we still had tag at school, that our recess time was longer, that we were allowed to play outside by ourselves for hours at a time and no one cared, that we barely used seat belts and never had to wear helmets when riding our bikes, that some of us listened to some music from Seattle and wore flannel shirts, etc. They will shout at me one day...so what? Who cares about you, you are old and irrelevant! I think that is the gist of it, LOL.
Seriously, I love the music that came out in the 60's and believe that many ideals of the hippies were good ideals. Yes, it did not work out perfectly for them but are Gen Xers or Millenials going to be any different? Some baby boomers ended up being the jerks they so despised and some turned out okay.