Generation 2K: What Parents & Others Need to Know about the Millennials [Paperback]

Wendy Murray Zoba (Author)

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Her findings are both disconcerting and encouraging. She doesn't just tell us what's wrong, but makes practical suggestions on how to nurture the positive, hopeful yearnings of today's teens. -- Virtue, October/November 1999

This slender volume is packed with analysis about what makes today's teens tick and advice for ministering to them. -- Charisma, April 2000

Zoba examines the "moral ambivalence" as well as spiritual interest of the next generation, offering both insight and practical help for parents and those who work with youth. -- Christianity Today, Aug. 9, 1999

Product Details

• Paperback: 111 pages
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830822119
• ISBN-13: 978-0830822119
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A well written study of the millennial generation, November 27, 1999

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This review is from: Generation 2K: What Parents & Others Need to Know about the Millennials (Paperback)

Wendy Murray Zoba's "Generation 2K" does a fine job describing how and why this generation differs from her own. And she skillfully employs her detached, journalistic talents with her evident concern for this generation -- not only as a mother, but as one who ministers to 2Kers. She also does a good job of letting teens speak for themselves through interviews, while throwing in a good bit of expert analysis.

If you're looking for a good overview of what makes the Millennials tick, Wendy Zoba's book is spot on.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic . . . and useful, even if you're not a minister, December 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Generation 2K: What Parents & Others Need to Know about the Millennials (Paperback)

Wendy Murray Zoba's book on Generation 2K is such good reading about the nature of the teenage generation that you should read it even if you're not a minister. The book looks at the generation as a whole, so you learn about the background and beliefs of teens of all religions. Her perceptions -- from teens' distrust of authority to their b.s. sensors always being on -- are completely accurate and insightful. Her comments about teenagers not liking authority are true. This book is so much better than the _Millennials Rising_ one -- it sees us for what we are instead of writing about teens being the way some adult WANTS to see us. Instead of just relying on theoretical assumptions about teens or blindly reciting stereotypes as gospel, the author went out and FOUND and SPOKE WITH some actual members of the Class of 2000. Even if you skip over the descriptions of church services, the insights about the 2000 American generation as a whole are a must-read.