To which generation do you belong? | Pad Patter 01.21.23

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    ArmyGrl

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    The Time Capsule MOC Challenge has me thinking about how I was a Latchkey Kid, a Generation-Xer coming home along with my elder brother to a parentless home. But as such developing a strong sense of independence and a "do it yourself" mentality.

    So, which generation do you belong to?

    Generation Names
    • The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1924. ...
    • The Silent Generation – born 1925-1945. ...
    • The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1964. ...
    • Generation X – born 1965-1979. ...
    • Millennials – born 1980-1994. ...
    • Generation Z – born 1995-2012. ...
    • Gen Alpha – born 2013 – 2025.
     
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    Laura ODonnell

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    Also Gen X (1967) and a latch key kid since 5th grade
     
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    HavaDrPepper

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    Boomer!
     
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    tanteva

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    Gen X
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    scribler

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    Another GenX Latchkey kid.
     
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    IntenseMagic

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    Another GenX ;) Not really a Latchkey kid because my mom was always home, but definitely grew up feral :giggle
     
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    fruitysuet

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    Right at the end of the Boomers, so I somewhat also identify with Gen X. I'm not sure how usual it was for mums to work for Boomers but my mum did so I was a latchkey kid as well.
     
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    ArmyGrl

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    ArmyGrl

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    I find it interesting to think about and appreciate the many women that paved the path making it easier for me to have a successful career.
     
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    dawnmarch

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    Gen X. TOTALLY a latchkey kid.
     
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    HavaDrPepper

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    Like I said, I'm a boomer but my mother (Silent generation) did work as did her mother (Greatest generation). Both were teachers. So I was lucky that I wasn't a latchkey kid because of her being a teacher. For a few years, we were in the same school building so I had a ride to and from every day. Before I was school age though I had to go to a babysitters while she taught. Most of those years were with aunts that were the stay-at-home moms.
     
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    LynnG

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    Gen X and like you grew up left to my own devices! If I was a teensy bit older then in our house we would have had a boomer, Gen X, millennial AND Gen Z, which would have been quite cool as a concept (but glad I sneak in under the line!)
     
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    Annsofie

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    I’m a Gen X. My mother stayed at home until I began school, but then my father retired (he was 55 years old when I arrived, a Greatest), which meant I was never left alone.
     
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    3BluEyedBabies

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    I was born in March 1980, so I am a "Millennial" I guess. However, my brother and I were definitely latchkey kids. My dad worked days and my stepmom worked nights, so when my brother and I came home from school there was almost always a note with a list of chores we had to do as well as get dinner made or started most days. We would get a snack and sit in front of the tv until we had to get our chores done. I was glad when I was old enough to get a job after school and not have to do the chores, LOL.
     
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    Iowan

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    Boomer.
     
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    KayTeaPea

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    Both my husband and I are Gen X and all 3 of our kids are Gen Z.
     
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    dotcomkari

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    Millennials – born 1980-1994. .
     
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    amien1

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    I was born in 1980- so I'm one of those inbetweeners- a Cusper, which means you can have characteristics of both Millennials and Gen X!
     
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    StefanieS

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    Latch-key GenX.
    Married to a Boomer though, so I get mileage out of teasing him.
     
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    tinkerbell1112

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    Gen X - I was also baby-sitting by the time I was like 10 or 11. I barely let my kids stay home at that age by themselves!! LOL
     
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