Decades of Differences: Making It Work

Gen X has many redeeming qualities. In spite of their carelessness with their finances when it came to acquiring debt, “…it turns out that they’re more philanthropic than older generations. A new survey from Northern Trust found that Gen X millionaires give nearly twice as much, on average, to charitable causes as their elders. Gen X households are also more generous in their intended charitable bequests, planning to give 22 percent of their estate to charity, compared with 16 percent for Boomers and 14 percent for silent generation millionaires.” ⁵

This generation is also quickly dispensing with common stereotypes around gender and race. You’ll find Gen Xers shaking their heads or simply being aghast at prejudice and archaic mind-sets. Of course, ...