17 Things Older Generations Need To Finally Stop Doing, According To Boomers And Gen X'ers

“My fellow boomers have royally messed things up for the newer generations. ... They climbed the ladder, then pulled it up after.”

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Note: Some responses were pulled from this Reddit thread by u/PralineFearless3979.

"I’ll admit, I’m so grateful to be 70. I applaud the bravery of the younger generations dealing with the challenges out there right now."

"We complain about technology, pontificate about how much better it was in our day (it really wasn't), and want nothing to do with our grandchildren. But we expect our grown children to take care of us when we can no longer take care of ourselves. Who's really the entitled one here? I could go on and on, but you get my point, I'm sure. So, on my own behalf, I would like to apologize."

"Wisdom comes with age (sometimes), but at a certain age, you become too distant to understand the needs of younger generations, and you should make way for them. Too many of my generation are stuck in the past and think they know it all. And you know what? I work at a university, and I learn as much from the young people as they learn from me."

"For-profit medicine, lowering taxes on the wealthy, fighting school funding, and generally destroying those things that helped them get ahead. Frankly, I'm disgusted by them. They climbed the ladder, then pulled it up after."

"...Please cut those of us trying to change this country some slack. We are not all here to judge younger generations."