Millennial Generation
“Generations, like people, have personalities. Their collective identities typically begin to reveal themselves when their oldest members move into their teens and twenties and begin to act upon their values, attitudes and worldviews.” (Keeter & Taylor 2010, p.1). The millennial generation has many unique characteristics: like achievement oriented and pressured, less devoted to faith, and multitasking.
You are part of the millennial generation if you were born between the years 1980 and 2000. “They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They're less religious, less likely to have served in the military, and are on track to become the most educated generation in American history (Keeter & Taylor 2010, p.1). What can we expect from the Millennial Generation? Millennials are sheltered, their parents are known for coming to their child’s defense quickly and monitoring their children’s online activity this leads to greater trust and relationship between the parent and the child. Millennials are team oriented, this generation is social and does well working in groups. Millennials are confident, “With so much positive reinforcement from parents and other authority figures, the Millennial Generation is confident about the future. They believe success will translate into success for their environment and society as a whole” (McAlister 2009, p.1). Millennials are achievement oriented and pressured, they want to achieve success in every part of their lives, they like to be challenged, and they participate in many activities. Millennials are multitaskers, they use a variety of communication devices while doing other activities like homework. Other characteristics of the millennial generation are conventional, less devoted to faith, optimistic, materialistic, stressed, environmentalists, and techno-savvy.
“Look at the schedule of any teenaged student and you will realize just how achievement oriented they are” (McAlister 2009, p.1). Millennials are very
You are part of the millennial generation if you were born between the years 1980 and 2000. “They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They're less religious, less likely to have served in the military, and are on track to become the most educated generation in American history (Keeter & Taylor 2010, p.1). What can we expect from the Millennial Generation? Millennials are sheltered, their parents are known for coming to their child’s defense quickly and monitoring their children’s online activity this leads to greater trust and relationship between the parent and the child. Millennials are team oriented, this generation is social and does well working in groups. Millennials are confident, “With so much positive reinforcement from parents and other authority figures, the Millennial Generation is confident about the future. They believe success will translate into success for their environment and society as a whole” (McAlister 2009, p.1). Millennials are achievement oriented and pressured, they want to achieve success in every part of their lives, they like to be challenged, and they participate in many activities. Millennials are multitaskers, they use a variety of communication devices while doing other activities like homework. Other characteristics of the millennial generation are conventional, less devoted to faith, optimistic, materialistic, stressed, environmentalists, and techno-savvy.
“Look at the schedule of any teenaged student and you will realize just how achievement oriented they are” (McAlister 2009, p.1). Millennials are very