The Tuition is Too Damn High!
Categories: Lifestyle
Last night, a host of Millennials – some in college, some post-graduate – joined in with TNGG’s very first Twitter chat: #TNGGchat. The kick-off topic was the cost of our education.
Two Birds with One Idea: Toyota Targets Millennials, Parents with Venza Ads
Categories: Business
Newsflash: Millennials can laugh at ourselves, and we think the Venza commercials are pretty great. Here’s why.
Should Your Parents Get An iPad?
Categories: Technology
People have been losing their minds over the iPad for a while now. But are iPads applicable for all people? For instance, should your parents be jumping on the iPad wagon?
10 Questions for Christine, Millennial
Categories: The Interview
I’m the enthusiastic and ever-present Community Manager here at TNGG. My day job allows me to play with social media and advertising, but I’m also obsessed with good food, theatre, and travel. My life is impossibly hectic and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Helicopter Parents: Mentors or Mess-makers?
Categories: Career Week
The view from above, like in a helicopter, is incredible. You can see everything perfectly – the highways and byways, the subdivisions and farmland. Sometimes I wish I had a similar perspective on my own life. The view a helicopter provides could bring so much clarity when ambiguity leaves me reeling. Lucky for me, I know [...]
The Millennial: A mindset, not an age
Categories: Technology
Now, maybe more than ever before, the coming generations of super-consumers have a potential to imprint their media habits to the rest of the population. Whoever is in touch with this generation changes their media behavior, too. It’s time to stop talking about the Millennials, and start thinking about the influence of Millennial behavior.
Home again (un)naturally
Categories: Family Week
Moving back home isn’t the first choice for Millennials, but it’s a wise money decision.
The Love/Hate of Sibling Rivalry
Categories: Family Week
“If I had known she was going to stay, I wouldn’t have said it was alright.” My parents allege that those were the first words out of my mouth when my sister came home from the hospital on my second birthday. And it went downhill from there.
Full love for half siblings
Categories: Family Week
“I am not a half!” I exclaimed, after hearing my brother tell his high school girlfriend I was his “half sister.” To an eight-year-old, the concept of half does not exist when dealing with family. To me, Dan was my brother, my whole brother, despite us having the same Dad, but different Moms.
Yeah, I did learn some stuff from my ‘rents
Categories: Family Week
As I look back on those moments with my parents, I’m startled by how many of those lessons I now live by. Funny how that works, eh? At the time, I was all, “Yeah, Dad. I get it. It costs money…” But, hey, now I know the value of a dollar.
