Differences Between Baby Boomers And Millennials

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How different can Millennials and Baby Boomers be... America has two of the largest generations that contribute to the country to make it better even if these two generations have a different knowledge and perspective. These two generation are known as Baby Boomers and Millennials. Baby Boomers were born around 1946 to 1964 during the world war II and Millennials were born around 1981 to 2001, both generations were raised differently. By Baby Boomers and Millennials being raised different they each demonstrate the way they see education, politics, and work between each other. As a contrast Baby Boomers and Millennials are criticized by how they take advantage of what's giving to them like education, politics, and work. …show more content…

But Baby Boomers grew up to parents who taught them how to stand up for themselves and question authority. Many Baby Boomers didn’t go far enough in higher education because many didn't have money for college,or college wouldn't be spoken of in their homes. The way Baby Boomers and Millennials were educated shows the difference of how today Baby Boomers and Millennials had different opportunity in education towards college. The second difference between Millennials and Baby Boomers is the way each see politics. Millennials see politics as something they shouldn’t get involved, they don’t get worried on how their votes can count, many Millennials do have a different perspective of how politics should be changed and make a better job in the government is rare for many millennials to participate in politics. However, Baby Boomers get more involved in politics because they care and want to change how the government runs as well as who is elected. Although, Baby Boomers have been dominant in the U.S politics and less democratic for the past three Decades. The final difference with Millennials and Baby Boomers is their work ethic and how

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