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Andrew Potter: My fellow Gen Xers don't appreciate our great gift: we were ignored | The Line
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Published: 17 May 2021
May 20, 2021 | "That is why when you hear a Gen Xer talk about being the “latchkey” generation, they aren’t really complaining — they’re bragging. There’s another word for the neglect being described here, and that’s freedom."Andrew Potter explains why he's so grateful to count himself as a member of Gen X.