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Your great grandchildren are powerless in today’s society, but the things we do now influence them, for better or worse. What happens when we consider them while we make decisions today?
New research suggests that for millennials and Generation Z, a lack of rules around love and dating brings both loss and liberation.
Age is no longer the only definition of midlife. An expert in aging explains why.
Tropes around woke warriors and their heartless parents get us nowhere.
Kenya faces the dilemma of an ageing workforce. The problem can be addressed by developing a strategic workforce plan for employees.
The survey also found that trans people who live in their affirmed gender report experiencing less stigma, anxiety and depression.
A developmental psychologist explains how a period of life that’s often hectic and stressful can also end up being quite rewarding.
A parent’s or grandparent’s stressful experiences change how their offspring behave. And it turns out that moms’ experiences produce different changes in kids than dads’.
A new book presents burnout as a generational issue, but this is a trap.
Shifting baseline syndrome affects everyone. It’s blinding us to the long-term deterioration of wildlife and ecosystems.
Research shows that millennials don’t drive as much as previous generations, largely because of their beliefs.
As more and more Americans are laid off, employers have to consider the cost of letting their staff go.
The number of old people will increase, while the proportion of white Americans will continue to fall.
A teen asks why so many young people don’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or the national anthem. The data shows that young Americans today do view the U.S. more negatively than older generations.
Over the last 35 years, the number of Americans who have moved has steadily declined to nearly half of their previous levels.
An employment law expert explains why you shouldn’t use an age-related insult at work to demean an older colleague – an issue even the Supreme Court is now talking about.
Millennials are now between about 23 and 38 – and the group is more diverse than it often gets credit for.
A new genre of video games lets players explore virtual environments that recreate actual places and real people’s lives and memories.
New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration.
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