Impact Of Controversy 11: Aging Boomer Boom Generation

Firstly, according to Robnett and Chop (2015), “the graying of America continues to accelerate as the first of the baby boom generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) turned 65 years of age in 2011 (p. 2). Thus, to find supplementary about the baby boomer generation in the 1960’s and 1970’s, I interviewed my Aunt Mala who is 62 years of age, to become more acquainted further about these time period, and in addition, contrast it to the present day era. Prominently, there are endless contrasts in the life of my aunt in the 1970’s. In all honesty, my Aunt lived in India and came to America in 1975, she had selected knowledge about the 1960’s and learned to adapt to her new environments. In fact, when my aunt first came to America, she had a troublesome time with the food, as there weren’t different eateries with foreign foods, for example, Indian, Mexican, and Chinese. Additionally, due to being a homemaker, her spouse would work for around 2 dollars/hour at a retail store to support their family and pay around $500 a month for everyday costs, making life exceptionally difficult. Then again, familiar things like the use of black and white television’s with long antennas, dial phones and yellows pages to look …show more content…
proves there is an increase in the number of individuals born in the baby Boomer generation. As the population increases, so do the number of chronic diseases, increasing financing for informal elder care for those whom are living on their own and lastly diminishing number of workers for the elderly. All these facts reveal the baby boomers to be a bust. Yet, in agreement with Jeff Goldsmith (as cited in Moody and Sasser, 2015, p. 464-465), we must “adopt policies that promote more saving, health promotion, and personal responsibility” in the future. Thus, the present day image of the baby boomers being a bust might change, if “aging boomers depends on acting now to make that future a reality” (p.