Well I'm seventeen and folk is certainly not a diry word for me. However, my peers don't seem to recognize what folk is if you say folk they'll -most likely- equate it some artist like Jewel... and that is quite a frightening reality. How did poorly crafted pop songs become the icons of folk music? There are a few people my age who vaguely know of Dylan but equate him with hippies. So in short if folk music skipped your generation, it's done the same with mine. Now we're left with a bastardized form. I think that it has skipped generations because of a lack of a catalyst and ignorance. We can't expect people to enjoy something they don't understand, so we all need to do our part and educate people on folk music.