Baby Boomers Fantastico!

1. Baby Boomers Fantastico! Johnny Morrow Gabby Clem Lauryn Kulp

2. The Theory Of The Age • People, concerned about their future, and the warlike world around them, were more likely to proliferate • According to Freud, children are heavily influenced by their parents coordination of daily life • Many children from these ages were raised to have kids and given the gender roles of their lifestyle • According to Erikson, people progress through their stages of personality by the success and intentions of their actions, all predetermined by their conditions • Because many new innovations were emerging from the paranoia of a country in need of security, many people felt the need to take hold of these ideas and use them to their advantage; creating the new sense of technology associated with this age.

3. Erikson feels that each stage has a certain optimal time and that no parent or guardian should try to push children to adulthood • In this generation, parents were typically very influential forces to the development of a child. Because of this, many parents may have seen the need for their children to grow up faster and become more responsible, thus, contradicting with Erikson’s ideas of an optimal time for the transition between childhood and adulthood • Under Erikson’s concept of mutuality, many children were influenced by their peers, their grandparents and parents, and other generations. This was also conveyed to those influencing the children: they were affected by the younger generations.

4. Many different age groups were affected by the mentality of this age • Children were expected to satisfy their parents educational expectations and to succeed in school • With the approaching threat of war, and the possibility of economic hardship, many families invested in business for their finances • Patriarchal – In most households, the men supported the family with money, while the women supported the family with food and other necessities • Because many families were also deprived of a son, or possibly a daughter, to the war, the way they handled politics was often changed

5. Adolescence (12-18) • Many of these young adults were pressured by the war, and the possibility of being drafted in the future. • Many were also opposed to the war, and found comfort in political activism. During this age, adolescence emerged as a new form of expression, associated with drugs, music, and new forms of creativity • Parents pressured many of these teens with their ideas, and played a very influential role in their battle of Identity Vs. Role Confusion

6. Young Adulthood (18-35) • Many Adults in this age group were under both political and economic hardship, and often pressured by the possibilities of war • Voting was a powerful opportunity in this age, and gave members the ability to express their opinions on the war, despite what the majority of society thought • The want for marriage, and the pressure to have kids is also great in this age, and had a lasting impact on the age we now call “The Baby Boomers” • Many members of this age group feel pressure to attach themselves to others in the hope of marriage, and if they are unable to do so, are typically forced into isolation as an alternative. • The separation anxiety of war also evoked this very same feeling in many separated couples; jeopardizing their relationship, and possibly leading to isolation.

7. Middle Adulthood: 35 to 55 or 65 • In this stage, and in this age, many adults have fortified their ideas about the world around them and have begun to experiment with their needs • Children may be grown up, possibly at war, and the pressures of managing a family will be replaced with work issues and financial obligations • Many adults of this age are taking advantage of their political opportunities and making new decisions about their futures