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Boomers seem to have traded in the child-raising village for traveling. Now millennial parents say they have no one to support them.
Business Insider ^ | 11/29/23 | Julie Gerstein and Jane Ridley

Posted on 12/04/2023 11:19:39 AM PST by DallasBiff

Millennials have put off having children, so boomers are the oldest grandparents ever. Many millennial parents say they can't get the support they need from their parents.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: boomers; culture; generationx; guilt; millenials
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Huh I always thought guilt was passed down by generations, not passed up.
1 posted on 12/04/2023 11:19:39 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I raised my family, now you raise yours...............


2 posted on 12/04/2023 11:25:13 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DallasBiff

Ahh ... generational stereotyping. It’s a sure sign of a weak mind.


3 posted on 12/04/2023 11:26:09 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DallasBiff

This is complete BS. I know MANY boomers who are raisinfg their grandkids.

All these millenials know what to do is whine and blame others.


4 posted on 12/04/2023 11:27:45 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: DallasBiff

No idea if there is any truth to this or not, what I do know is that we have become a society of victims, whiners, and sad sacks. Oh boo-hoo, this is tough. I’m so offended. I’m oppressed.

Good grief. What a bunch of sorry first-world panzies.


5 posted on 12/04/2023 11:29:02 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: DallasBiff

Awwww, that’s so sad. /s


6 posted on 12/04/2023 11:29:47 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: DallasBiff

The communists set out to destroy the family structure in the US, and succeeded.

For real.


7 posted on 12/04/2023 11:29:50 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Vivek for VP!!!!)
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To: DallasBiff

Millennials are themselves the most babyish generation American has seen—until now that Gen Z is coming along.


8 posted on 12/04/2023 11:30:18 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: DallasBiff

When raising our son, we kept my retired WWII parents in a nearby house so they could participate in our lives. They both passed before he became a teenager, and before our adopted daughter became part of the home. The son chose to move many different places after leaving home, now in Canada (I’m in FL), unmarried, and childless. The daughter is living with me (wife passed three years ago), but it will be at least two years before she provides the first grandchild; I hope I live long enough to see, and well enough to enjoy the child(ren).


9 posted on 12/04/2023 11:30:24 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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It seems the Boomers can do no right.

If they are still working they are hogging the jerbz. If they retire they are worthless takers. If they are around they are "toxic" parents who need to get their own lives. If they move away....

Yes, they can do no right.

10 posted on 12/04/2023 11:32:07 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: Fido969

“This is complete BS.”
I throughly agree.


11 posted on 12/04/2023 11:34:27 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: Red Badger
I raised my family, now you raise yours...............

Yea we lived three states away when raising our kid. Our parents never did one day of babysitter duty.

12 posted on 12/04/2023 11:35:06 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: NorthMountain

My parents didn’t raise my kids. My husband and I raised my kids. I never even considered my parents were supposed to help me raise my kids.


13 posted on 12/04/2023 11:35:19 AM PST by dforest
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To: Red Badger

Except most baby boomers didn’t raise their children. They threw them into daycare and forgot their children existed, except for a couple of hours in the evening.

Lifelong skills that should have been passed down wasn’t and now these grown children are having to learn about parenting when nobody taught them.


14 posted on 12/04/2023 11:36:18 AM PST by Jonty30 (I am happy to be of service to raise your awareness, make you think, and anger you. Simultaneously.)
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To: dforest

I’m referring to the “boomer”, “millennial”, etc nonsense.

As though everybody born in a particular time frame thinks and acts the same ... It’s absurd.


15 posted on 12/04/2023 11:37:23 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: DallasBiff

The kids want their parents to raise a second family while the kids pursue their careers or deal with divorce. Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way.


16 posted on 12/04/2023 11:37:55 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: NorthMountain

The leadership of the Boomers has been great for this country!!! /sarc

The proof is in the pudding. Boomers have ef’ed up this country.


17 posted on 12/04/2023 11:41:15 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: DallasBiff

Oh, good grief.

I’m a Navy brat. We were raised all over the world without our grandparents’ support. Our grandparents were the cool people we visited or who visited us from afar on occasion and it was always enjoyable. They were not put to work. They’d done their job.

Grow up, ‘lennials.


18 posted on 12/04/2023 11:42:09 AM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: Jonty30

Um, I stayed home and raised my 3 boys and then went to work. I knew many just like myself who did the same.

Working parents didn’t start with the Boomer generation.


19 posted on 12/04/2023 11:42:28 AM PST by dforest
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To: DallasBiff

The problem is not millennials. The problem is wacko millennial women.

They believe all that crap they have been fed


20 posted on 12/04/2023 11:43:18 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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