I’m not going to criticize the parents or younger ones either. Face it... our economy is horrible. If someone loses a job because the company downsized or closed up... no fault of the person. It is much better, IMHO, to have not only the financial support while someone needs it but the emotional support as well. I guess I’m a big “You reap what you sow” type person. If you help your kids when they are down... hopefully, they will help you if or when you are down. It’s what family use to be about... I sort of hope that it still is.
I suspect all the replies about jobs being easy to find and they’re just too picky are coming from people who have not experienced the way things are now, haven’t experienced it yet at least. I have, and my neighbor is right now, with resumé after resumé after resumé sent out and not one face to face interview all year long, just two phone interviews and no offers to show for daily scouring of every online site, the state ESC office, you name it, she’s tried it, never been unemployed in her life until now. She’s fighting despondency by volunteering at the foodbank and her church, and has taken in her brother who also lost his job. He can’t get unemployment benefits, he was self employed. I worry for them.
“Face it... our economy is horrible.”
Not really. Some trades such as construction are in the dumps but some have zero unemployment. The technical trades, electrical engineering, computer programming, project/program management, etc., all are experiencing zero unemployment.