I was shopping for back to school clothing with my two daughters this weekend at the mall. It is amazing how the latest fad is the clothing worn by the My Generation Woodstock era. As a baby boomer, I felt I was in a time warp as I looked at the clothing and the advertisement posters with young teens garbed in the fashion of the Woodstock generation.
Do young women today sling a guitar over their backs, wrap a bandanna around their forehead then head for the open road as they did during the Woodstock generation? Watching my young girls and others with their baby boomer parents, I did not perceive a connection to Woodstock other than a father also feeling he was thrown back in time.Their only concern was finding the right fit.
One thing is for sure is the baby boomers from the My Generation Woodstock era are still getting stoned! According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration baby boomer adults in the age group of 50-59 doubled there use of illicit drugs. Is this a cycle? Getting stoned as teenagers and young adults, then working like crazy, then once the clock shows 50 years old, reverting back to our old ways while the advertisers pick up on selling nostalgia to a new generation!
A friend of mine who sells real estate made an interesting observation about baby boomers she has seen buying homes, then waiting for the prices to escalate, then pulling money out to buy Escalades. This brought home what has been reported in the news. Since the devastating crash in the home industry, the baby boomers of the My Generation Woodstock era are busted. The time of free love and not trusting any one over thirty has come to roost. This could be why more baby boomers are getting stoned. Turn on then tune life out!
