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Subject: How long is a generation? Sun May 02, 2021 6:51 pm
Generations, we've all heard talk of them. People say things like, "It's not happened in five generations."
But how long is a generation?
No one seems to agree.
Here's where you can answer the question, definitively.
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Subject: Re: How long is a generation? Sun May 02, 2021 6:53 pm
I always take a generation to mean 20 years, as most parents have, traditionally, been 20 years older than their first offspring.
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Nightjar
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Subject: Re: How long is a generation? Sun May 02, 2021 7:39 pm
Let's say 25 years - breaks up a century into 4 neat pieces.
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Zarniwoop
Posts : 929 Karma : 157 Join date : 2018-05-04
Subject: Re: How long is a generation? Sun May 02, 2021 8:45 pm
I have always thought a generation to be 20yrs. I think 25 would be more sensible. However, the average age for first time mothers is about 29....so there is an argument for 30
Nightjar
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Subject: Re: How long is a generation? Sun May 02, 2021 9:05 pm
People live longer and have kids later than they did too.
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Fangirl Three
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Subject: Re: How long is a generation? Mon May 03, 2021 6:12 am
I always assume 25 years (a tidy 4 per century) pre-Industrial Revolution, and 30 afterwards.
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