"We Generation X people are made of stern stuff. The latchkey generation; the ones raised on convenience foods that probably bordered on the radioactive; the kids sent out at daybreak and told to return only when the street lights came on."
"These are all cliches that have propped up our notions of being the most bulletproof and self-sufficient of the modern-day generations. We're not necessarily in a hurry to disabuse any one of these cliches, either."
Generation X people are characterized by toughness and self-reliance born from latchkey childhoods. Many grew up with convenience foods that were humorously described as nearly radioactive. Children were routinely sent out at daybreak and instructed to return only when the street lights came on. Those shared experiences have become cultural cliches that reinforce perceptions of Generation X as particularly bulletproof and self-sufficient among modern generations. Members of Generation X often accept and even perpetuate these cliches rather than rushing to correct them.
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