The world can change drastically from one generation to the next. I am a part of what some call the "Millennials" - that group of young folks born in the late '70s or early '80s (different officials have different starting years) entering the workforce now. For my parents, seatbelts weren't required and for the first parts of their lives, they weren't even installed. Seatbelts eventually became mandatory and common knowledge: they saved lives.
Now it is not the lack of a safety feature being warned against, but the presence of a deadly behavior. AT&T launched a campaign in early 2010 to warn against the dangers of texting and driving. I applaud their corporate responsibility for taking a lead in the education against this practice engaged in by so many of us, regardless of age.
Teenagers, like in so many other fields of life, believe themselves to be invincible. They aren't constrained by the slower reflexes and uncoolness of their parents. But as this video will show, teenagers aren't invincible. They have the ability to die, and the ability to kill others.
Share this with your kids. Talk to them about the dangers of texting while driving. Ask them the same question asked by the state trooper: "What is worth losing your life over? That text message?"
The Millenials were first born in the late 1970s because:
1. An online chart proves that the "echo boom" REALLY began in 1977, when about 159,000 more babies were born than during '76.
2. Studies show very similar attitudes between those born in the late '70s and the '80s. For instance, people born 1978 - '90 voted 2 to 1 for Obama. Also, individuals born 1978 - '88 supported same - sex marriage by 56% in a 2003 Pew Research Center poll. Finally, men and women born beginning in the late '70s left the church in droves when they grew up.
3. Babies born in 1978 were just under 18 when the internet went mainstream in '95, making them the oldest of the "Net Generation."
4. Generations are getting much shorter due to accelerating technological and cultural change, making Gen X 1965 - '76.
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1. An online chart proves that the "echo boom" REALLY began in 1977, when about 159,000 more babies were born than during '76.
2. Studies show very similar attitudes between those born in the late '70s and the '80s. For instance, people born 1978 - '90 voted 2 to 1 for Obama. Also, individuals born 1978 - '88 supported same - sex marriage by 56% in a 2003 Pew Research Center poll. Finally, men and women born beginning in the late '70s left the church in droves when they grew up.
3. Babies born in 1978 were just under 18 when the internet went mainstream in '95, making them the oldest of the "Net Generation."
4. Generations are getting much shorter due to accelerating technological and cultural change, making Gen X 1965 - '76.