That's what happened. The Boom wasn't cool for them, just loud and bossy. And hypocritical: notice how the Love Generation behaved once we got into the workforce.

Besides that, the children who came up behind the Boom were not considered the golden children we were. They wound up raising themselves a lot. They discovered in a hurry that love and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee.

Cynics are made, not born. Yet I would turn to a 30-something in a heartbeat with a project that would truly help a child. They know how to get things done, and they have big hearts for the young, especially since many of them didn't get that kind of attention as children themselves.