generation
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.1|Four generations of one family: a baby boy, his mother, his maternal grandmother, and his maternal great-grandmother. (2008)
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A generation is a group of people born around the same time period who often share similar life experiences and cultural influences. Generations matter because they help us understand how different age groups in society have been shaped by different historical events and tend to have different values and behaviors.
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- Etymology
- Familial generation<!--'Familial generation' redirects here-->
- Social generation
- Generational theory
- Generational tension
- List of social generations{{anchor|List of social generations}}
- Western world
- Other areas
- Other terminology
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.1|Four generations of one family: a baby boy, his mother, his maternal grandmother, and his maternal great-grandmother. (2008)
A generation is all of the individuals born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It also is "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." In kinship, generation is a structural term, designating the parent–child relationship. In biology, generation also means biogenesis, reproduction, and procreation.