Boomers are the first generation raised with absentee fathers. Boomers are the first generation whose grandparents had no significant input into our lives. Boomers are the most educated generation in history. Boomers were raised with extreme affluence, with great opportunities.
Boomers have less purchasing power than our parents at each stage of adulthood.
Boomers were raised under the threat of nuclear war. Boomers are the first generation who can't afford what they've always had. Boomers were the first generation to be reared with television as a significant parenting tool. American Christianity is dominated by our parents' generation. And we boomers, despite our desire to return to a real spiritual experience, are unable to relate to a church culture dominated by our parents.