George Bernard Shaw once said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language. One wonders if something similar could be said about the Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) and Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980). Despite our overlapping decades, these generations have vastly different frames of reference. They grew up with different toys, different music and very different economic and social cultures.
For an interesting examination of the things that make each of these generations so unique, visit this article: Baby Boomer vs Generation X