I’m in the younger end of the age range of the Gen X cohort. You don’t see many Gen X in genderspecial mode because most of them are too busy with careers, kids, grandkids, worrying about saving for retirement and paying bills.

Our parents weren’t perfect, but most of them understood that raising a child meant preparing them for adulthood and its responsibilities. Also, that the idea of eternal childhood (let’s face it, many of the people we discuss here have some pretty bad Peter Pan Syndrome) was something to be looked down upon, not celebrated. Yet, nobody tried to make us grow up too quickly, and most of the ones who weren’t keeping up with the pack in the growing up department got themselves there when they saw themselves getting left at the side of the road by their peers.