i think that one of the best ways to understand the changes that have happened between gen x and gen y is to compare alanis morisette to taylor swift.

this is what alanis was like when she was a little girl, compared to what she was like as a grown-up.

meanwhile, this is what taylor swift was like as a grown-up:

and, this is what she was like as a child:

so, we can see that what we've had happen here is an inversion of adulthood and childhood.

i'll let you decide which is really more grown-up, and which is really more childish.