Our
childhood experiences and fears shape our attitudes for the rest of our
lives. As a late end Baby Boomer who was
raised watching the Vietnam War during dinner, is it any wonder that I am
adamantly anti-war?
Likewise
Gen X, the first generation of "latch-key" kids dealing with working
mothers and divorce, experienced disappointment and fragmentation, which has
led them to value life/work balance and individual choice.
Millennials,
as we have learned, have been deeply scarred by 9/11 and the great recession.
Therefore they are pessimistic in their outlook and avoid risk taking.
So
what about Gen Z?
This
week the New York Times published the
cartoons that won its 2018 editorial cartoon contest.
You
can check out the winning efforts here...
And
when you do you will see that the issues on the minds of today's 16 and 17 year
olds are - school shootings, racism, global warming, tax cuts for the rich and
whether tech companies are evil.
Hmm. That's an awful lot to be worrying about. Kudos to all the winners.
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