Hi,

I'm a Gen X girl and Founder and Editor of "Gen X Girls Grow Up," the 33,000 strong Facebook community at www.facebook.com/GenXBlog. Please follow me there as we celebrate the Gen X spirit and traits that set us apart.

 

I am a writer, communications professional and working mom of two sons and one Cocker Spaniel.

My work has been published in The Washington Post, Slate, Chicken Soup for the Soul Parenting, Huffington Post, Washington Parent Magazine, Care.com, Grown and Flown and more. I served as Editor-at-Large for Washington Parent magazine and appeared on NBC News 4 in Washington, DC. I'm also the Editor of Hey, Who's In My House? Stepkids Speak Out (Motivational Press 2015). 

 

I attended the Ithaca College Roy H. Park School of Communications and was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.

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I loved growing up in the 80's. I don't think we should be referred to as the "Slacker Generation." I am proud to have been a latchkey kid. And I refuse to let our generation be treated like a "neglected middle child" - even if we still haven't found what we're looking for...(Thank you, Bono, for giving us the #BestU2Years.)

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Erin

 

 Read & watch more:

• I’m the Same Generation as the Characters in And Just Like That. Why Would I Rather Watch Euphoria?  - Slate 

• Interview on the Modern Gen X Woman Podcast 

• Letter to the Editor in NBC News "THINK" newsletter 

• Interview on The Gen X Joe Show Podcast! Fun times chatting about everything '80s! Scroll down to "Episode 10 Erin Mantz" 

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Gen X Girls is not about:  

• Millennial-bashing (we need to, and can, learn from one another!)

• Just parenting or being moms (while that's a HUGE part of our identities - for many of us - we are are more than that.)

• Complaining without pondering how to make things better