Generation Labels & Narcissistic Youth

U.S. Generations * = dates disputed This box: view • talk • edit
Term	Period
Puritan Generation	1588-1617
Puritan Awakening	1621–1649
Cavalier Generation Glorious Generation Enlightenment Generation Awakening Generation	1618-1648 1648-1673 1674-1700 1701–1723
First Great Awakening	1727–1746
Liberty Generation Republican Generation Compromise Generation	1724–1741 1742–1766 1767–1791
Second Great Awakening	1790–1844
Transcendentalist Generation Transcendental Generation Gilded Generation Progressive Generation	1789–1819 1792–1821 1822–1842 1843–1859
Third Great Awakening	1886–1908
Missionary Generation Lost Generation Interbellum Generation G.I. Generation Greatest Generation	1860–1882 1883–1900 1900–1910 1900–1924 1911–1924
Jazz Age	1918-1929
Beat Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomers Generation Jones	1914–1930 1925–1945 *1940s-1960s 1954–1965
Consciousness Revolution	1964–1984
Generation X MTV Generation Boomerang Generation	*1960s–1980s 1974–1985 1977–1986
Culture Wars	1980s–present
Generation Y Internet Generation New Silent Generation	*1970s–1990s *1980s-1990s *1990s or 2000s–?

Are today's youth narcissistic, viewing themselves as entitled and 'special.?  Yes, according to a recent study. The fault may be an over emphasis by parents and teachers on instilling self-esteem on  naturally self-centered children.

In their book about American demographic history Generations, authors   Neil Howe and William Strauss  propose New Silent Generation as  the label for this generation.