Latchkey Generation

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf generator
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Generation_X
gptkbp:culture children left home alone after school
increase in divorce rates
rise of dual-income families
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Millennials
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Latchkey Generation
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:latchkey_children
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Chernobyl_disaster
gptkb:Challenger_disaster
gptkb:September_11_attacks
gptkb:dot-com_bubble
gptkb:Columbine_High_School_massacre
gptkb:MTV_era
gptkb:Reagan_era
gptkb:crack_epidemic
gptkb:O.J._Simpson_trial
gptkb:Iran-Contra_affair
gptkb:War_on_Drugs
gptkb:Rodney_King_riots
end of Cold War
rise of personal computers
AIDS crisis
end of apartheid
fall of Berlin Wall
rise of environmentalism
rise of punk rock
rise of reality TV
rise of personal computing
rise of home video
rise of hip hop culture
rise of alternative rock
rise of cable television
economic recessions of the 1970s and 1980s
emergence of grunge music
introduction of VCRs
introduction of Walkman
introduction of cable news
introduction of compact discs
introduction of home computers
introduction of mobile phones
introduction of the internet
introduction of video games
gptkbp:notableTrait independence
self-reliance
skepticism
adaptability
gptkbp:period 1965–1980
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Baby_Boomers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gen_X
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6