We have all turned into ourselves. Youth and Aging. Activities for this Unit. Such are the questions we will consider in this third unit of English 102.
Many groups are devoted to representing the political and social interests of particular age-groups.
See, for instance, The Alliance for Retired Americans , and The Children's Defense Fund . Birth Cohorts are those born within a given period of time, often measured in about ten to twenty year intervals. Baby Boomers, Tweeners, Generation X, and Generation Y are all examples of birth cohorts. As birth cohorts age, they move into different age groups together. Lately, there's been much media attention on the aging of the Baby Boom generation.