Those born between 1981 and 1986 are considered to belong to the Boomerang Generation.
From wikipedia.org...
The term 'boomerang' refers to the commonality with which these young adults choose to move back home with their parents after a brief period of living on their own, usually college, or to never move out in the first place. In the new economy, where outsourcing has eliminated many jobs, real wages have fallen over the last twenty years and a college degree no longer ensures job stability, this is the easiest, if not only, way for these young adults to maintain the middle class lifestyle they anticipated. It also allows them the option of unpaid internships and additional schooling without the burden of fully maintaining their own finances.
LOL, even though I am technically part of this generation (born in 1981) I haven't followed the path of returning home after graduation from college. I actually stayed where I was and proceded to live life. Was it easy? No. Did I wish I could again be financially secure in my parents home? Yeah.
I do understand the tendency. As a 2003 college grad, I have been laid off twice, been on unemployment for 6 months, and eventually decided that I want to go back to school for a law degree. It's been rough at times -- paying the bills through plastic instead of actual money -- but I found that moving home would signify a sense of failure in myself that I wasn't willing to bow to. (Plus my parents live in po-dunk Texas -- never want to move back there. Guess I'm just a city girl at heart <3)
I, too, had an unpaid internship once leaving school, but had saved up enough during school to pay for living expenses while I interned. (Sidetrack from the current topic -- What is up with unpaid internships??? Why am I expected to work for free to gain access to an industry after completing 4 years of education and incurring thousands in debt? It irritates me to think that a company sees my college education as a stepping stone, not a qualifying factor, on the way to employment. This is absurd!!)
Back to topic...
I want to know how being labeled the Boomerang Generation sits with the rest of you in this bracket. I find I shouldn't go in this category. In fact, I have done everything possible to avert having to move back in with my parents. How about you?
Wikipedia also lists the names for American generations dating back to the 1700s...where do you fit in?
| Term | Period |
| Awakening Generation | 1701–1723 |
| First Great Awakening | 1730–1740 |
| Liberty Generation Republican Generation Compromise Generation |
1724–1741 1742–1766 1767–1791 |
| Second Great Awakening | 1790–1840 |
| Transcendentalist Generation Transcendental Generation Abolitionist Generation Gilded Generation Progressive Generation |
1789–1819 1792–1821 1819–1842 1822–1842 1843–1859 |
| Third Great Awakening
aka Missionary Awakening |
1886–1908 |
| Missionary Generation Lost Generation Interbellum Generation G.I. Generation Greatest Generation |
1860–1882 1883–1900 1900–1910 1900–1924 1911–1924 |
| Jazz Age
aka American High |
1929–1956 |
| Silent Generation Baby Boomers Beat Generation Generation Jones |
1925–1945 1946–1964 1948–1962 1954–1965 |
| Consciousness Revolution | 1964–1984 |
| Baby Busters Generation X MTV Generation |
1958–1968 1961–1981 1975–1985 |
| Culture Wars | 1984–2005 |
| Boomerang Generation Generation Y Internet generation New Silent Generation |
1981–1986 1977–2003 1986–1999 2001– |
This may not be the best place to post, but it's the only one that I could find. I'm trying to locate uninsured people who fir into the following:
- Are employed but do not have health insurance because their company doesn't offer benefits
- Recent high school grads or college students who are being kicked off their parents' health plans because of age limitations or education stipulations
- Freelancers or contract workers who don't have health insurance.
I'm currently working with an author who has a plan that would make insurance premiums become affordable. We're trying to raise awareness of the above issues in the press, but need people who are able to be case studies. Please feel free to send me an e-mail if you are interested in participating or can recommend someone that would like to help.
Many thanks!
Nicole
nshore@pro-mediacommunications.com