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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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To: Red Badger

exactly! these young parents want to dump the kids off with the grandparents so THEY can go on vacation without their own kids!


21 posted on 12/04/2023 11:43:57 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: wildcard_redneck

Thank you for demonstrating your weak mind.


22 posted on 12/04/2023 11:46:26 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: dforest

Maybe not with the older baby boomers, just after the war, but the later ones, I think my commment does apply.

Daycare started in the 70’s and you would have had to be born in the 1950’s be making use of daycare when they first started.

Nevertheless, it is something that we need to repent as a society and get back to raising our kids.


23 posted on 12/04/2023 11:47:51 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: bert

This!!!!!


24 posted on 12/04/2023 11:50:16 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: NorthMountain

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

That thinking is EVERYWHERE.
Divide and conquer .


25 posted on 12/04/2023 11:50:44 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Jonty30

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.

Ummmm NO - We made the decision to have one income raising 3 now successful as well-adjusted as they can be kids- Worth it-

My bride was fortunate enough to work at HS where they went to -Our basement was kind of the meeting place for their friends- Not a 70s show Red Forman basement though.

PS blanket statements without quantification are marginally credible.


26 posted on 12/04/2023 11:52:15 AM PST by slapshot ( - Get woke go broke-l)
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To: DallasBiff

Oh those horrible Boomers. You know. The ones who fought in Vietnam. The ones who said FU to the establishment and elected Trump. What has X, millennials or Z ever done?


27 posted on 12/04/2023 11:53:17 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Obadiah
"... a society of victims, whiners, and sad sacks."

Sad Sack - 1949

28 posted on 12/04/2023 11:53:38 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: slapshot

I should also point out that the baby boomers of Freerepublic would be atypical, because they are more family oriented and traditional. I should add that to my overall comment.


29 posted on 12/04/2023 11:53:47 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: DallasBiff
Many millennial parents say they can't get the support they need from their parents.

Honestly, this disturbing cockeyed attitude is actually quite prevalent.

30 posted on 12/04/2023 11:54:17 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: HereInTheHeartland

It is very prevalent, even on this forum ... which should be better.

BTW, calling it “thinking” is an insult to actual thought.

Generational stereotyping is an abject refusal to think.


31 posted on 12/04/2023 11:54:22 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

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

Eh, there are some generalities that whole true for the groups, albeit not for individual people.

Millennials are far more likely to be entitled brats than X, for example.


32 posted on 12/04/2023 11:54:47 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: NorthMountain

Tell me which generation is leading America and then try to explain why that generation is not at fault.

Hint, we are talking about the Boomers. The WW II is almost gone.


33 posted on 12/04/2023 11:55:28 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Gen X is far less dependent than Boomers.


34 posted on 12/04/2023 11:56:21 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

ROFL!!!

You’re asking me to do the non-thinking for you.

No can do ... I’m challenging you to do better. Get this generational crap that you’re transfixed with out of your head. It’s an impediment to rational thought.


35 posted on 12/04/2023 11:57:22 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Seruzawa

Gotten a participation trophy.


36 posted on 12/04/2023 11:57:28 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: NorthMountain

Amen.....

Across the street five millennials have grown up.

All have jobs and went to our trade community college except one.

She is a PhD Psychologist. three of the five are married but no grand children yet.


37 posted on 12/04/2023 11:57:35 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: wildcard_redneck

I would say that is true.

Basically the Nirvana generation. Born cynical.


38 posted on 12/04/2023 11:58:48 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: bert
She is a PhD Psychologist.

Perhaps she can help the poor sad souls who are trapped in a sick mindset of generational stereotyping.

39 posted on 12/04/2023 11:58:49 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Fido969
You are completely correct.

This boomer couple raised some great kids, now (hard-working) parents. And, we always help where we can, and we know that our "kids" will help their "kids" when they have kids.

It takes the precise opposite of a village, it takes a family, complete with family values.

40 posted on 12/04/2023 11:59:29 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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