Members of Generation X, or Gen Xers, grew up in a time when there were more dual-income families, single-parent households, and children of divorce than when boomers were growing up. Consequently, many Gen Xers were latchk…

Gen Xers are typically described as being resourceful and independent—traits partly stemming from their latchkey childhoods—as well as keen on maintaining work-life balance, perhaps due to witnessing the demands of their parents’ …

One of the defining characteristics of the Gen X scene in the late 1980s and ’90s was grunge music, personified by bands including Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Other genres of music on which Gen Xers left their mark were rap and hip-hop, with pro…

The use of the term Generation X to describe this generational cohort was popularized by Douglas Coupland, a Canadian journalist and novelist. An article that he wrote in 1987 for Vancouver Magazine used the term. He later said tha…