Lifespans

As you may already know, I believe each birth year produces people with their own unique perspective in time. Saying that, I thought it would be interesting to compare our own spans through time. Ages and years are split because I was born in August.

(Infancy 1976- 1981) Ages 0-5

-National------------------------------------------------------------------------
Social Attention: National Malaise
Popular Music: Disco, Punk
TV: MASH, Charlie

Intersting....

Actually "Rising Adulthood" should be between 18-24. For me that would be 1995-2001
Also forgot to add Cable and Sattlelight TV as an entertainment

What does Prime Age mean for me?  ???

hmm. that's interesting. okay.

infancy (1969-'74)
national events: moon shot, vietnamization, watergate, the oil crisis
popular music: freedom rock, folk rock, soft rock, funk
TV: laugh-in
movies: midnight cowboy, parallax view, clockwork orange
personal: lived in nassau bay texas, did a lot of swatting at shiny things

childhood (74-79)
national events: fall of saigon, bicentennial, jonestown massacre
popular music: disco
TV: all in the family, space:1999
movies: jaws, star wars, close encounters
personal: lived in friendswood texas

adolescence (79-84)
national events: john lennon killed, reagan shot, space shuttle
popular music: new wave, punk, heavy metal
TV: one day at a time (i think), buck rogers
movies: apocalypse now, kramer vs. kramer
personal: moved to washington d.c., hated junior high school, developed a crush on lisa mcg and amy v.h.

rising adulthood (84-89)
national events: challenger disaster, iran contra
popular music: gansta rap, speed metal.
TV: inspector gadget!
movies: platoon, full metal jacket, the rivers edge
personal: had a turbulent love affair with claire s., partied too much and almost flunked out of school

prime age (89-99)
national events: hurricane andrew, the LA riots, monica!
popular music: grunge, industrial
TV: MST3k! and a bunch of other crud i ignored.
movies: pulp fiction, JFK, boogie nights, titanic
personal: went to college and grad school, had a tempestuous 3-year relationship with jeanne s., started working as an editor

withering decrepitude (99-05)
national events: the 2000 election, 9-11, war in iraq
popular music: cheerful postpunk crapola
TV: freaks and geeks, dead like me, the daily show
movies: magnolia
personal: work! work! work!

Well there is quite a debate if "middleagedom" starts at 35 or has pushed back to 40 - (40 is the new 30).
Here are some of my explainations

(In theory)

Infancy 0-5:
Preschool development

Childhood 5-12:
Basically your elementary school experience

Adolesence 13-18:
That awkward period in Jr.Sr. High

Rising Adulthood 18-24
The foundation of one's life. Basically the college age

Prime or Young adulthood 25-35\39
The building of one's life. Still interested in pop culture

Middle Adulthood 36\40- 60?
The established period in one's life. Main interest is family

Senior Adulthood 60?-80?
The rewarding part of your life when you're at the top of your career and am able to enjoy retirement. Also a period of community activity.

Elder Adulthood 80? +
The more traditional period of old age and dependance.

Well there is quite a debate if "middleagedom" starts at 35 or has pushed back to 40 - (40 is the new 30).
Here are some of my explainations

(In theory)

Infancy 0-5:
Preschool development

Childhood 5-12:
Basically your elementary school experience

Adolesence 13-18:
That awkward period in Jr.Sr. High

Rising Adulthood 18-24
The foundation of one's life. Basically the college age

Prime or Young adulthood 25-35\39
The building of one's life. Still interested in pop culture

Middle Adulthood 36\40- 60?
The established period in one's life. Main interest is family

Senior Adulthood 60?-80?
The rewarding part of your life when you're at the top of your career and am able to enjoy retirement. Also a period of community activity.

Elder Adulthood 80? +
The more traditional period of old age and dependance.



I'd pretty much agree with the categorization here. People tend to be "younger" these days, so I'd say Middle Age is 40 or 45 now. I'd include that up to 65.

If we're talking about "old" old, I'd say 80 or 85. On the young end, I know a "child" is technically anyone before adolescense, but it's kinda strange a 12 year old and a 5 year old being grouped together.

My list would be a little more like this:

Infancy: 0-2
Toddler/early childhood: 3-6
Main childhood: 7-11
Rising adolescent: 12-14
"Adultlike" adolescent: 15-20
Young adulthood: 21-24
Prime age: 25-44
Middle age: 45-64
Senior adulthood: 65-79
"Senior citizen" 80+

Please note, I tended to discount things like "non 0 or 5" changes, such as age 18 being the technical start of adulthood. Just basing it more off how the average person is these days.