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The '''Baby Boom''' consists of [[American]]s born between 1946 (the end of [[World War II]]) and the early 1960s (the beginning of the [[Vietnam War]]).  The [[United States of America|United States]] during this period benefited from strong religious values, peace and prosperity, and there were large numbers of [[marriage]]s and births. According to a 2001 article published on [[Christianity Today]], <small>{{QuoteBox|If you define a "generation" as a cohesive group sharing a common set of birthdates and experiences, with their own personality and felt needs, there has been only one "generation" in American history: baby boomers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/may21/32.83.html|title=Andy Crouch: Generation Misinformation|date=May 21, 2001|accessdate=March 11, 2020|author=Andy Crouch|publisher=Christianity Today}}</ref>}}

The '''Baby Boom''' consists of [[American]]s born between 1946 (the end of [[World War II]]) and the early 1960s (the beginning of the [[Vietnam War]]).  The [[United States of America|United States]] during this period benefited from strong religious values, peace and prosperity, and there were large numbers of [[marriage]]s and births. According to a 2001 article published on [[Christianity Today]], <small>{{QuoteBox|If you define a "generation" as a cohesive group sharing a common set of birthdates and experiences, with their own personality and felt needs, there has been only one "generation" in American history: baby boomers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/may21/32.83.html|title=Andy Crouch: Generation Misinformation|date=May 21, 2001|accessdate=March 11, 2020|author=Andy Crouch|publisher=Christianity Today}}</ref>}}

Technically, the Baby Boom was the upsurge in the birth rate in the United States between 1941 and 1963; the exact beginning date is debated in the range of 1941-45.   

The Baby Boom was the upsurge in the birth rate in the United States between 1945 and 1963; the hardships of the [[Great Depression]], a longterm separation of the sexes during the World War II led to decline in the birthrate, as well as a decline in building industries. When World War II ended and the children of the Great Depression started having babies, it produced a tremendous demand for new economic activities. First, in home delivery diaper services, eventually construction of single family housing stock, then new schools, hospitals, food stuffs, clothing, toys. By the 1960s, the boomer generation as anti-Vietnam War 'flower children', contrasted with their parents who struggled in hardship, sometimes with little food, as children of the Depression and became The Greatest Generation who destroyed [[fascism]] and are remembered for their [[patriotism]].  Boomers, by contrast, were seduced by [[Russian]] anti-Vietnam War [[propaganda]] adopted [[leftist]] thinking and ideals, while creating a greater demand for American built [[automobile]]s and [fossil fuel]]s, as well as construction of new [[jail]]s to hold the multitude of hoodlums and offenders who succumbed to leftist [[revolutiona]]ary anti-capitalist thinking.

Between the end of World War II and 1964, 78 million baby boomers were born and now are part of the "Boomers" generation. They far outnumbered their predecessors, for the birth rate was low during the [[Great Depression]] years of the 1930s.  They have been retiring in large numbers and greatly increasing the number of people in retirement and receiving [[Social Security]].

Between the end of World War II and 1964, 78 million baby boomers were born and now are part of the "Boomers" generation. They far outnumbered their predecessors, for the birth rate was low during the [[Great Depression]] years of the 1930s.  They have been retiring in large numbers and greatly increasing the number of people in retirement and receiving [[Social Security]].