Wellyopolis

December 13, 2004

Parenting

Unlike the chasm that separated baby boom parents from their parents, many of today’s teenagers share their parents’ tastes in clothes and music, as well as their political and social beliefs.

This assertion in the Star Tribune promised to be one of those newspapers-doing-social-history stories that is either
(1) a fluff piece promoting some new book
(2) a fluff piece based on anecdotes from friends of people in the newsroom.

So I was well prepared for an avalanche of anecdotes and little data. Lo and behold tho' -- actual data. The story actually reports on a survey that has been carried out since the 1970s that backs up the assertions in the headline! That's a story worth reporting in itself.

Posted by robe0419 at December 13, 2004 08:08 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Interesting research in your bio. Not much about coffee in your blog. But I might link to you anyway.

Posted by: Roast Mistress at December 13, 2004 09:09 AM
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