The Top 5 Worst Pieces of Advice That Baby Boomers Are Still Confidently Giving To Millennials & Gen Zers

Now, before I start roasting these Boomers, I want to say—I don’t think the Baby Boomers are bad people. My parents are Baby Boomers and they’re the best people. I do think that they (along with nearly all Boomers) give some bad advice for the modern world, which is what we’ll be digging into.

But, it’s important to remember that they think it’s good advice, and that’s why they’re always giving it to the generation that they raised. But, like most advice, it’s showing you a path to help you end up like them. To end up saddled in debt, stuck in a 9–5 career with work you don’t love doing that you rely on to pay down said debt, a husband or wife, and a house in the burbs.

I know some folks reading this right now are already reacting like—IS THAT SO BAD??? A house, a partner, and a job? It’s fine. For some, it might even be an absolutely wonderful life. My main thesis is that it’s not the only version of a successful life.

I grew up thinking that it was. I grew up feeling like a traitor for not wanting it. Wondering exactly when and how I would ultimately disappoint my elders.

Waiting to give advice. Photo by Matt Bennett on Unsplash

I imagine we Millennials will also end up giving some of the same flavors of poor advice to the generation we raise…