What Gen Xers/Millennials/Gen Z are doing right is allowing for the OPEN recognition that being adult doesn't mean you have to give up things that give you joy, in exchange for being an adult. The "childish things" we're meant to put away are things like lack of care, not things that give delight.

I am going to be watching Dragon Ball and giggling at Vegeta until I die Anything short of enjoying your life is a waste of the time we have

I'll be 51. I'm still trying to figure out when I'll be considered "grown up" (mostly b/c some idiot adult told 12 year old me that I reminded him of his sister and I shouldn't worry, she grew up to be pretty.. so I'm still waiting to grow up)

I.e. Boomers: to be an adult you have to hate being alive GenX/Millenials/Zoomers: no, we don't **enjoys life while being an adult**

I've just turned 58, and some of my connection with my 8 year old daughter is the straight-up goofiness we can get up to.

Of course this is only for workers, the idle rich are celebrated for their playthings.

Amen to that.

I'm 57 and still play video games unabashedly… Starfield is my new jam.

Tail end of Boomer ('61), still wondering what all this "growing up" fuss is about.

"There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish sometimes" -- Doctor Who, 4th Regeneration

I remember once shocking a room full of parents. They were encouraging me to have children so I would have an excuse to watch Disney movies. I explained to them I didn't need an excuse, and had quite a collection of them at home for my own viewing pleasure.