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by: LindaP.Morton
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As I searched the Web yesterday, I found an article, a blog, and a forum thread on "I hate Boomers." In fact, Google returned a page of results for the statement.

My reply to this hatred of Boomers is "I love Generation Xers." I love them for many reasons, but cover only seven broad ones in this article.

Now that wasn't always the case. When the first class of Generation Xers enrolled in my classes at The University of Oklahoma, I was bewildered. I'd never taught students who accepted nothing that I taught without questioning it, often in a challenging and disrespectful way.

I became driven to understand them because that was the only way that I could effectively teach them. Thus, I first love Generation Xers because they compelled me to begin researching generations, and that began a line of research that has since become a passion.

At that time, I found adjectives like "cynics, whiners, drifters, and malcontents" that mostly Boomer writers used to describe Generation X. But as I worked with Generation Xers, I began to think of them more as they were later described - "ambitious, savvy, independent, pragmatic, and self-sufficient".

This is the second reason that I love Generation Xers. They are more than any set of adjectives, and they are individual enough as not to be easily described.

Third, I love Generation Xers for the strength of their convictions and the independence in their thinking. That lack of acceptance based on authority and unwavering questioning of what they are told, which first caused me to wonder about them, is a strength that is serving them well as adults.

Fourth, I love Generation Xers because of their commitment to their children and acceptance of diverse ideas of family. As one of the Boomer women who pioneered a formerly male-dominated profession and had a latch-key Generation X child, I respect Generation Xers' determination not to put jobs, careers or businesses before their families.

On the other hand, the fifth reason that I love Generation Xers is because of their entrepreneur spirit, their willingness to take the big risks, and their drive to beat the predictions that they would be the first generation to have a lower lifestyle than their parents.

The sixth reason that I love Generation Xers is because they are patriotic and spiritual in an independent manner. These and many other Generation X characteristics have earned them respect as adults, and yes, even from Boomers.

Last, but not least, I love Generation Xers because they have the characteristics that their Boomer parents wished for them, just not in the way that their parents imaged. In short, they are the adults that they were reared to be, and the world is better because of them.

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