Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Baby boomers face 'hidden epidemic'
David Wylie
Daily Courier
March 21, 2007
Overview: Wylie reports on the growing concern of an increase in suicide as Canadian boomers retire. He reports, “Suicide among the elderly could soon become an epidemic if people don’t start talking about it, says a speaker coming to Vernon next week.”
http://www.dailycourier.ca/article_1051.php
Baby boomers ready for the stump / Post-WWII generation eschewing postretirement comfort for public office
Daily Yomiuri
March 21, 2007
Overview: This article shares, “An increasing number of baby boomers have decided to run for office during the upcoming nationwide local elections, due to their wish to be useful in society and make things better for future generations.” Moreover, “Baby boomers have been criticized for promoting the bubble economy, leaving the younger generation with enormous debt, and receiving pensions that impose an unfair burden on younger generations.” The Dankao Sedai o Chiho Gikai ni Okuru Network, an organization based in Tokyo, responded to such criticism by calling “for boomers to contribute their sweat and wisdom to society”
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070321TDY03004.htm
Overprotective boomer parents invade their children's job interviews
Seniorscopie.com
March 21, 2007
Overview: This piece is focused on the Australian Financial Review article, "Taking control to new heights," originally published on March 13, 2007. The article discusses the trend of Australian boomers acting as “helicopter parents.” Specifically, “Helicopter parents are overprotective baby boomers (aged 43 to 61) and older generation Xs (29 to 42), who may make a searing call to a university lecturer when an assignment gets less than the desired mark. They may also make the first approach to prospective employers and take an active role in salary negotiations for their adult offspring. There have also been isolated cases of recruits bringing their parents to their job interviews.”
http://www.seniorscopie.com/actu/article.asp?id=070321171710&rub=swi