Comments on: Men of a Certain Age http://MidLifeCelebration.com/2010/02/08/men-of-a-certain-age/ Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:01:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jeff http://MidLifeCelebration.com/2010/02/08/men-of-a-certain-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 jeff Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:29:41 +0000 http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=4422#comment-1578 jcross, wow, thanks for sharing this information on Generation Jones. Never heard of it before. Very interesting, especially because being born in 1959, this should be common knowledge. Looks like Generation Jones has a mountain to climb before it's a household name. How did you come to find Mid Life Celebration? Glad you did and look forward to any additional insights you'd like to share. Carpe diem and do something great, but don't do it too fast or we'll hurt ourselves. jcross, wow, thanks for sharing this information on Generation Jones. Never heard of it before.
Very interesting, especially because being born in 1959, this should be common knowledge.
Looks like Generation Jones has a mountain to climb before it’s a household name.
How did you come to find Mid Life Celebration?
Glad you did and look forward to any additional insights you’d like to share.
Carpe diem and do something great, but don’t do it too fast or we’ll hurt ourselves.

]]> By: GTQ400 http://MidLifeCelebration.com/2010/02/08/men-of-a-certain-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 GTQ400 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:24:11 +0000 http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=4422#comment-1574 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Generation X). Most Midlife men and Men of a Certain Age fit into this very populous long-lost generation, which includes 26% of all U.S. adults. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Generation Y: 1979-1993 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Generation X). Most Midlife men and Men of a Certain Age fit into this very populous long-lost generation, which includes 26% of all U.S. adults.

Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978
Generation Y: 1979-1993

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