Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge

The biggest change was in the consistency of mothers’ paid work: While most Boomers’ mothers worked some of the time or not at all, most later Gen X’ers and Millennials’ mothers worked most of the time. High school seniors saying their mothers had never worked reached all-time lows with Millennials—not Gen