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Children of the Boomers

The kids' perspective on Boomer parenting. (Newsweek)

May 2006

KEYWORDS: Life, Family

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They're coddled, coached and suffocated -- the offspring of America's Baby Boomer generation are graduating college and will, before we know it, start running this country. What are we in for?

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