#OKBoomer Wake-up Call

Nancy Peckenham
Nov 3 · 3 min read

The Z Generation Takes On It’s Elders

My day was going pretty well this morning — an extra hour provided courtesy of daylight savings time, a cup of coffee brought to me while I lounged in bed — then I stumbled on a NY Times article about the OK Boomer movement that captured the anger and resentment brewing among young people — Generation Z — toward people who are growing old.

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Nancy Peckenham

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TV, print and online journalist. Mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, adventurer, history-lover. www.ivebeeneverywhereman.us and www.ancestorsinmyattic.com

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