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Generational Differences in Grief<\/p><\/div>\n

Visit just about any news site on the internet today, and you will find plenty of articles about how the Baby Boomer generation and the Millennial generation differ. From the way they spend their money, to the age at which they are starting families, Millennials seem determined to do everything differently. <\/span><\/p>\n

This includes their outlook on death, dying, funerals, and the process of grief. Some of these differences are the natural result of age (older generations have more experience losing loved ones and will therefore approach death differently), while other differences have more to do with the culture of the generation itself. For example, you will probably never see a sixty-something-year-old taking a selfie with a deceased loved one in an open casket, but this is a growing trend among teens and twenty-somethings. Likewise, Baby Boomers are much more likely to turn to religion and all of its rituals to help them in times of grief, while Millennials tend to avoid these more formal traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a death occurs in the family, these differences can sometimes cause friction. After all, you might be expecting your younger relatives to act and appear as somber as you feel. Although they might not be going through the exact same grief steps as you, their pain is real too, and should be handled with the same care. <\/span><\/p>\n

Grieving Millennials are more likely than grieving Baby Boomers to:<\/span><\/p>\n