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Gen C has made its entrance by media outlets

flyingorion

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www.cnn.com

Meet Gen C, the Covid generation | CNN

Experts have started to use a new term -- Gen C, or Generation Covid -- to describe how the lives of today's children could be shaped by the pandemic far into the future.
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Well get ready to hear a million experts weigh in on Gen C for the next 20 years. If the name even sticks of course.
 
Wrexis

Wrexis

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Nov 4, 2017
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Coronals.

A friend of mine at work has a 4 and 5 year old. He said they've both regressed a considerable amount in the last 12 months.
 
Siggy-P

Siggy-P

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Mar 18, 2018
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These little Gen C bastards, never shook an honest mans hand in their life. Always covering their mouths.

Back in my day we used to spit in our hands before shaking.
 
Gigglepoo

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Oct 25, 2017
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BasilZero said:
Sorry CNN and other media outlets but this is Gen Alpha still


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Which Generation Are You?

Table shows which generation you belong to, based on your age.
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I guess I'm a Xennials? I've never heard that before, but sure. I'm whatever generation this is:

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AlexBasch

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Oct 27, 2017
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Gen C? Right, they will be called "lazy entitled millenials" by old geezers in articles, even though they were born in fucking 2020.

Siggy-P said:
These little Gen C bastards, never shook an honest mans hand in their life. Always covering their mouths.

Back in my day we used to spit in our hands before shaking.
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I used to openly cough and sneeze in the bus without covering my mouth. Pansy ass crystal generation.
 
TarpitCarnivore

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Oct 25, 2017
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Millennials talking to Gen-C: back in our day we had to commute 10 miles up hill and in the snow to go to work. Now you can just sit home in your pajamas
 
You Are Viewtiful

You Are Viewtiful

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Oct 25, 2017
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Weird to define a generation with something they probably won't ever know or care about. Unless it's a replacement for Gen Z?
 
Jims

Jims

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Oct 27, 2017
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Wow, this is a terrible idea. I sure would've loved being a part of the "9/11 Generation," remembering a tragedy every time they describe my age group.
 
I am a Bird

I am a Bird

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Oct 31, 2017
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I hate this generation labeling system it's disorganized and inconsistent. Can't we just label the generations like pokemon games?
 
Glimlocker

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This is the worst name since millennials. It's actually somehow worse than millenials, given it only applies to kids born during one or two years.

Millenials still make no sense to me, since I generally more closely associate with the 1990s.
 
morningbus

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It's actually about growing up with most devices having USB-C connections. It signifies how easy their lives will be.
 
Mendrox

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Glimlocker said:
This is the worst name since millennials. It's actually somehow worse than millenials, given it only applies to kids born during one or two years.

Millenials still make no sense to me, since I generally more closely associate with the 1990s.
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No it doesn't apply to only kids BORN in those days. Did people even read the article? Stupid question I know.

For example

Israel's definition of Gen C includes children born from 2016 to the mid-2030s -- because, he says, the changes we're witnessing are so dramatic that even kids born years after the pandemic ends will still see it shaping their lives.
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Makes a lot of sense.
 
rjinaz

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I'm guessing this is going to end up sticking. In 10-20 years we'll be referring to young kids living during this time as relation to COVID because it will likely define them for years to come for a variety of reasons. It is what it is.
 
J_ToSaveTheDay

J_ToSaveTheDay

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Oct 25, 2017
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Cool, time for some adults to create stereotypes to attribute to Gen C and pick and choose only members of the generation that fill those stereotypes to thrust into the highlight of discussion, likely in an effort to undermine their needs, particularly the needs we willingly failed to prepare and provide for them.
 
Glimlocker

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Mendrox said:
No it doesn't apply to only kids BORN in those days. Did people even read the article? Stupid question I know.

For example



Makes a lot of sense.
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Yes, I'm saying it's a bad name because the changes we see after COVID probably aren't going to be substantial in 5-10 years.

What long-term changes willl we see a decade later? Maybe, if we're really lucky, we'll be working from home more often. We may or may not see a lag in school learning.

Other than that....?
 
Woylie

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"Covid is such a big mega-event in human history," says Haim Israel, head of thematic investing for BofA Global Research, who described Gen C in a widely cited report last year. "It's going to be the most defining moment for this generation."
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That's.... optimistic, considering the effects of climate change that are only going to intensify over the next few decades.
 
Arrogant PsycHOPathy

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Wrexis said:
Coronals.

A friend of mine at work has a 4 and 5 year old. He said they've both regressed a considerable amount in the last 12 months.
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Three and seven year old here. This is us. Not so much three Year old since he hasn't known anything else other than being home. Wife just started working again in December after being a SAHM since his birth. Finally in daycare, which he needed.

Our older daughter though? So much regression, especially in regards to bodily functions. And school is trying to angle it that she is ASD. No she's not. She experienced a major disruption in society through Covid. I work in behavioral health and deal with the occasional higher functioning ASD kid. While not a developmental pediatrician, I at least have some insight into the diagnosis.
 
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