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Do Baby Boomers or Millennials Experience More Financial Stress?

Do Baby Boomers or Millennials Experience More Financial Stress?

| March 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

So which generation is more stressed than any other? Boomers? Millennials? We can all lay claim to stress, but BoomerCafé contributor Liz Kitchens sheds some light on who wins.

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BoomerCafé Becomes Most Popular Site for a Special Generation

BoomerCafé Becomes Most Popular Site for a Special Generation

| March 22, 2013 | 13 Comments

BoomerCafé.com has reached an important milestone by becoming the most popular website worldwide for baby boomers.

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Bridge of Troubled Water, Social Turmoil, and Music that Changed America

Bridge of Troubled Water, Social Turmoil, and Music that Changed America

| February 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

It was the start of the 70s, and the music reflecting the times included four of the best rock and folk albums ever recorded. Brent Green, an authority on generation, tells how it all happened.

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Baby boomer turns to writing to help recover from job loss

Baby boomer turns to writing to help recover from job loss

| January 2, 2013 | 1 Comment

Michael Murphy isn’t merely a baby boomer himself; he has just written a novel about a baby boomer called “Goodbye Emily,” and if you’re a boomer, you might relate, because what Michael writes about pretty much happened to him: he lost his job and grieved the loss.

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Baby boomers and how we use the Internet

Baby boomers and how we use the Internet

| October 14, 2012 | 1 Comment

If your image of a computer geek is a scruffy, awkward kid in T-shirt and jeans, you may want to think again. The biggest technology adopters may well be the affluent over-50 powerhouse known as the Baby Boomer.

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Baby boomer weddings tend to be low-key, involve family

Baby boomer weddings tend to be low-key, involve family

| June 13, 2012 | 2 Comments

Wedding bells are ringing for baby boomers, too. But brides and bridegrooms in their 50s and 60s often have different priorities than their younger counterparts.

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June 6, 1944. A time that changed the world

June 6, 1944. A time that changed the world

| June 6, 2012 | 8 Comments

June 6, 2012, marks 68 years since Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in acts of gallantry that changed not only the outcome of World War II but the whole world.

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The End of a Prideful Culture in America

The End of a Prideful Culture in America

| April 14, 2012 | 13 Comments

As baby boomers, we have seen changes in America that have been documented ad-infinitum. But BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson has just taken a personal journey, and come across something that has not gotten nearly as much attention: The End of a Prideful Culture in America.

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The Secret Lives of Women Over 50

The Secret Lives of Women Over 50

| April 11, 2012 | 13 Comments

Do you think you understand boomer women? Even if you’re one of them? You might not, according to the myths out there about women over fifty. Author Renee Fisher believes those myths need a few corrections.

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The Holidays bring Remembrance

The Holidays bring Remembrance

| December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

One change from our childhood to the present day is a sad one: the constant demand for more space at our nation’s most sacred cemetery. BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson has long ties to this hallowed ground, and just visited again because the Holidays Bring Remembrance.

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Baby Boomers Face Facebook and Other Realities

Baby Boomers Face Facebook and Other Realities

| December 9, 2011 | 13 Comments

We boomers live active lifestyles, sure, but what happens when they get both active and empty? Wendy Shade found out, as she learned to Face Facebook and Other Realities.

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Pre-boomer Poms Pump Up The Volume

Pre-boomer Poms Pump Up The Volume

| December 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

Usually on BoomerCafé we features stories about what boomers are doing to stay active and young. But boomer writer Marcia Barhydt puts a twist on the theme: she writes about “pre-boomers” who stay equally active and young.

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