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What matters to Generation Z? What does life hold for Generation Alpha? - Misc and chat

mrs.snooks

So.

We had a discussion last night in our house: my husband, myself and my 16 year old daughter.

It was on the back of one of the discussions on here about cultural norms.

It struck me that I didn't really know how life was viewed by folk: Generation Z from 1995 to 2009

You know I thought I knew. I thought it would be Climate Change, WW3. That sort of thing. But I wonder if that is infact just what is important to me. Being in my 50s, I am moulded by my youth experiences and how life has changed around me: feminism, 1980s poverty, Gen X culture. Thinking that we were going to change the world for the better. My parents grew up during the 60s. My grandparents through the War - and we didn't need a number to know which one we were talking about. 

I misquoted There is no such thing as society 

https://iea.org.uk/blog/there-is-no-such-thing-as-society

It was a long discussion. And I wanted to put it out there. What matters to Generation Z? What does life hold for Generation Alpha?

My daughter's answer, was totally unexpected. She said financial security (I paraphrase). I know that she is only n=1, but I wonder what you think the answer to this question is? 

xx Mrs Snooks

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  • I found this article provided good context for considering the environment of development of generation z and generation alpha:

    www.britannica.com/.../Generation-Alpha

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Who's generation alpha?

    I can't get my head around all these generations being labled, I did look it up once and got fed up, I'm apparently at the tail end of being a boomer, we're supposed to be a well off generation, who got the best of the post war stuff. I didn't by the time I needed a council house there were none left and a long waiting list, unemployment was growing and it was hard to get a job, Thatcherism was rife and many people my age were rioting. I feel I got the worst of both the generations either side of me and that I fell down the cracks between the generations.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The generation of Baby Boomers is the only generation to be defined by an official government body, the US Census Bureau. We ‘should’ be committed, competitive and self-sufficient. 

    I am posting a link as other people might be interested in this piece, but I am leaving a big space to separate it from the body of this post. Sorry CatWoman. Eeeeek.

    www.bbc.co.uk/.../zf8j92p

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    I understand employers talk about upskilling their multi generational employees in an AI driven society. I hope that means making purposeful alliances across the generations. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC
    ArchaeC said:
    . We ‘should’ be committed, competitive and self-sufficient. 

    Well, "committed" can be taken to mean two things, ha ha!

     I'm more Gen X - Resourceful, logical and good problem solver. Although I think that could be attributed to most autistic people?

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I thought this was a helpful article - certainly, when integrating personnel of different age groups into a team in the workplace it can be helpful to consider the nuanced difference in life experience, expectations and ambitions which may arise.

    Gen Z enter the workforce very much more accustomed (through their education years) to being consulted about things - which can sometimes mean their entering the world of work jarred more harshly for them than they had anticipated.  If the remainder of the team are aware of that dissonance - a more open and early conversation csn be achieved - before a mismatch of expectations or conflict occurs.

  • in reply to ArchaeC
    ArchaeC said:
    I am posting a link as other people might be interested in this piece,

    Thank you. 

    I found that interesting. 

    'The silent generation'.

    I'd not heard that before.

    My mother often said to me 'children should be seen and not heard' so she continued that delightful tradition. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    The big space was auto removed.

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