Gen X In The News: Generation X Dads Are the Balm and More
Here are the latest links to Gen X in the news. One of the most significant differences between Generation X and other generations is how much more time Generation X dads spend with their kids. They...
View ArticleWhy Baby Boomers Dislike Generation X
Generation X in the News A student named Molly wrote a scathing editorial for the University of Pittsburgh’s, The Llama Ledger about just how much Baby Boomers dislike Generation X. But with great...
View Article1973 Afterschool Special on Divorce: My Dad Lives In A Downtown Hotel
Latchkey Generation During my first two years of high school, I lived in Southeast Kansas. My parents both worked 20 miles away, across the border in Oklahoma. I was the quintessential latchkey kid....
View ArticleGen X Men and Misandry
Why do 80 men kill themselves every week? Why are 90 percent of the homeless men? Why do men die, on average, six years before women? Why don’t men as a group exist? Gen X Men and Misandry I am posting...
View ArticleMen Acting Like Boys | Have Gen X men rebelled against the role of provider?
In an editorial in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, writer Maria Sciullo asserts that growing up has been hard to do for Generation X men as well as their younger, Gen Y counterparts. She cites the...
View ArticleGeneration X Men in Midlife Crisis and Generational Inadequacies
Generation X Men in Midlife Crisis Today, Jonathon Yip responds to A.O. Scott’s New York Times essay about Generation X men in midlife crisis. (I wrote about Scott’s essay last week.) Yip’s essay...
View ArticleFirst Recession Novel is Rocket Man, 40-Something Dads in Hell
40-Something Dads Rocket Man by William Hazelgrove is a novel that captures a 40-something man in hell. The Catcher in the Rye for Generation X men, it nails the times in which we live with the...
View ArticleDadolescence: Generation X Men in Midlife Crisis
There was a review in the Winnipeg Free Press by Ria Julien a few days ago on a new, comedic book about Generation X men in midlife crisis. The title is the ingenious Dadolescence. Here is an excerpt:...
View ArticleJosh’s Wall Asks: Do Fathers Turn Their Sons Into Bullies?
I love a good coming-of-age story and Cliff Alspaugh’s debut novella is just that, but with an added bonus. It explores father-son relationships and the making of men. We hear the heart-rending news...
View ArticleMaria Panaritis: Series on Gen X (Vexed and Hexed)
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published a series of articles on Generation X. I really enjoyed this series, but I don’t agree that we have to put the happy ending on hold. Nobody is going to tell me...
View ArticleGen X Men Are Dying. Why?
I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted to one time to see you laughing …in the purple rain –Prince, 1984 Why Are Gen X men dying at such an alarming...
View ArticleMy Uncles Can Beat Up Your Uncles
Editor’s Note: The following is a personal essay written by Mike Waltman, and originally posted on his Facebook page. When you read it, you will understand why it drew such a positive response. As...
View ArticleBoys from the Class of 1986 (Daily Photo)
DAILY PHOTO: Boys from the Cardinal Gibbons H.S. Class of 1986, Raleigh, North Carolina. I am absolutely in love with this car. It’s a red Buick Regency convertible with a white top. A rare sight even...
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