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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

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I agree Cat woman, I really don't understand the generation labels. It seems that the US government started labelling people born between 1946 and 1964 as baby boomers just because the birth rate soared during that period, then someone decided to make up random generational periods after it, and now before it too. The generation periods are not all the same length either, which annoys me.

    Those of us born in the early 1960s don't have the same life experiences as people born in the late 40s - we became adults as Thatcher came to power, and there were massive changes to society and culture at that time. Jobs changed and became less secure, unions were demonised, the poor became poorer, there was rioting in the streets against the poll tax and people went on demonstrations against nuclear warfare and animal testing. There were big cultural changes too, with punk, new romantic and electronic music and alternative comedy. So although I'm classed as a boomer, I would identify more with generation X. Although I don't really want to be put in any of them.

    I think that all generations want financial security, I think that's one thing that doesn't change.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • My nephew (11) - Gen Alpha - is most concerned about the potential for WW3, conservation of otters and UK native birds and looking forward to learning German at secondary school.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Generation Alpha, term used to describe the generation of people born (or who will be born) between 2010 and 2025.

  • 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.

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

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