The Xennial Mom

Welcome to the Xennial Mom! I started this blog to give voice to topics important to the newly defined microgeneration, the Xennials (pronounced ZEN-ee-uh-ls). Back in 2014, while researching the perks and downsides of generational identity, Australian writer, Sarah Stainkorb, stumbled upon this micro-generation while trying to pinpoint the forgotten middle children between Generation X and Millennials. X + Millennial = Xennial.  … View Post

Last summer, I was amused to see the term Xennial trending on Twitter. I immediately thought it was the latest in a string of jabs  at much maligned Millenial generation. What had they ruined today….malls, toast, Costco (!). I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a new term had been coined to describe people like myself, born between 1977 and 1983. … View Post