The Week contest — New generation
What should we call the new batch of costly kids?

Last week's question: The average cost of raising a child born in 2013 will be $245,000, not counting college costs. If the people who lived through World War II were the Greatest Generation, and those who grew up in the 1980s were Generation X, what should we call the new batch of costly kids?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: Generation Y-O-Y
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Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
SECOND PLACE: Baby Doomers
Barry Cook, Jamestown, R.I.
THIRD PLACE: The Debtutants
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Pierre R. Hart, Etowah, N.C.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Generation X-pensive
Karen Milliorn, Las Cruces N.M.
Generation Amex
Joanne Sullivan, Maspeth, N.Y.
The Greatest Debt Generation
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
Generation Y So Much?
Dave DiGregorio, West Hollywood, Calif.
The Wi-Fi/Re-Fi Generation
Mark Severin, Puyallup, Wash.
Generation Y Should My Parents Get to Retire?
Thom Thacker, Irvington, N.Y.
Quarter Millionials
Mark Weaver, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Cash Calves
Polly McGraw, Portland, Ore.
Generation Chapter 7
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