It should be the other way around.
Well, this boomer dad threw four daughters out into the cold, cruel world. After all, a harem isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
To measure or compare societal/family unit dynamics over the past several decades will show similar changes as comparisons between agrarian vs. industrial changes.
The data has to include divorce, remarriage, single mothers, working mothers, welfare subsidies replacing income earners, birth control, promiscuity, decline in church attendance, abortion, IVF, gay adoption, government interference in family matters, et.al.
“”We wanted to get the hell out as soon as possible,” said Liz Kitchens, a partner in The Kitchens Group”
Sounds like my kids! Kinda hurts my feelings, but whatever.
My wife and I have this discussion all the time. We have two sons in their mid-20’s that are not as independent as we would like for them to be. It’s improving though.
The biggest mystery to us is, WHY doesn’t this generation have that desire for independence that we had? I was moved out at 17 and also have never looked back.
The only reason adults should live with their parents is if they are caring for them.
It should be the other way around, but one also has to take into consideration how hard it is for younger people to get off the ground these days - taxes, lousy economy, no jobs, cost of living...
My sister is this way with her kids....
It’s all our fault. The baby boombers spoiled their kids rotten, and now we are paying the price for it with a nation full of weaklings.
Great.
Ugh.
And what percentage of these boomer moms and the kids who moved back in vote Democrat? I’ll bet it is very high.
In all fairness, the baby boomers made out like bandits.
Typically emerging from university debt free into a healthy economy with high paying jobs, able to buy inexpensive good housing at low fixed mortgage rates. Night and day from what the current generation faces.
Today, university graduates are anywhere from $30-60k in debt, entering a weak economy with salaries stuck in neutral during years of inflation, while the jobs themselves demand much higher productivity. Housing is now ten times more expensive for comparable quality, with much harsher mortgage rates. Marriage and family are pushed back by a decade or more, with no hope of ever having an American dream like their parents.
How to get around this mess is that baby boomer parents often have a mortgage free home, and by living with them, debts can be paid off somewhat faster, while expenses are kept down. But even so, there is no job security, and savings might be wiped out with layoffs.
For increasing numbers, though, even with parental help, there is no future that is anywhere near as prosperous, no matter how hard they work. Those days are over for 10-20 or even 30 years, even if the federal government finally gets under control in 2012.
It’s because Adderol destroys sex drive.
Uh, where’s the husband in this equation?
I moved out at 22. I never moved back, but got some spotty financial support until I was 27. I paid my own way to grad school, but got a few hundred here and there throughout and for a couple of months of an unemployment stint. I am thankful and wouldn’t be where I am today without it.
I’m frustrated and angry to still be living with my parents at age 26. They are very happy that I’m there to help them with their problems but I’m still ashamed to be dependent. The only way to ever become financially useful to anybody is to save up for more education. I can’t physically manage an 80 hour work week. They would simply fire me for bad performance due to fatigue. It is also not an option to lose thousands of dollars a month on rent unnecessarily. I’ve already been back to school twice only to discover that the jobs disappeared by the time I graduated. My bachelor of science degree is worthless now because everyone wants specific experience. NOBODY in the state of CT is hiring for decent wage jobs unless the candidate has very specialized training and at least 1 year of experience.
If this **** keeps up then I’ll just put a ****ing bullet through my head. Time is running out.
“My son, he can’t put the dishes in the dishwasher. It’s like they feel it’s an entitlement. I’m wondering if I made things too easy for them.”
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Gee, ya’ think? Idiot!
I know this is a bad sign - but I'm not sure why...