The one thing I resent the most about the Boomers (not ALL Boomers, but the majority) is that they didn't
parent the Xers. They didn't teach us how to be parents. Over half of my generation were latch-key kids. We were raised like dogs, moved from one cage to another and left to our own devices the rest of the time. We were told that all our feelings and desires were acceptable before we were mature enough to make decisions and deal with the fall-out.
Now, we're the parents and I'm VERY happily surprised that many of us are going back to our grandparents' values. We remember what doesn't work and we're trying not to repeat our parents' mistakes.
My good friend was asked by her boyfriend what she really wants out of life, college and job-wise. She grinned and said, "Barefoot and pregnant with a loving husband who can provide for our family!" He blinked and said, "But that's sexist!" (We'll see if he can open his eyes and embrace this vision.)
My good friend was asked by her boyfriend what she really wants out of life, college and job-wise. She grinned and said, "Barefoot and pregnant with a loving husband who can provide for our family!" Good grief, that sounds exactly like the situation I'm in now. I guess its a good thing I started a college fund for any kids I might have -uh- a decade ago when I graduated from college.
What a world we live in; its coming full-circle again.
Right.
Add to that how wonderful it is to be the first generation in the history of your families to have parents who divorced.