Posted on 08/02/2005 8:54:52 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ah, the Playstation generation is proving their worth.
I like your tag line.
Screwed by the "ME" generation.
I told my wife - the best thing to get an 18 year old for his birthday is suitcases.
Alternately, you can turn it around and say the boomer parents are being selfish by trying to punt the kids out the second they turn 18. Multi-generational families weren't out of the ordinary before recent decades.
I couldn't do it, though. I had to move back in with my parents for just one month when I was 23, in between jobs. I hated every single second of it, because we lived way out in the middle of nowhere, I had nothing to do except look for work, and they were still treating me like I was 16. I'm glad it didn't go much longer. I felt like a failure for having to do it.
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Spoiled brats who have been told the world revovles around them then go out in real world and find out it doesnt so they go crawl back to the people who think it does
It cuts both ways. Many are allowing their parents to move in with them into their houses. Especially with rising house prices and exorbitant costs for nursing homes, and adult communities, it makes a lot of sense. Plus, they are a big help with raising the kids. Economic forces are bringing back the concept of "extended family."
But they're too wimpy to declare it. Cry me a river.
Why move out when you can enjoy everything that Mom and Dad have worked for 30 years to build? Since our culture has removed the notion of work = stuff, it is no wonder that we have 18 million whiners who feel entitled to Mom and Dad's continued support.
BTW, I am 31, a married mother of three with my own home. Moved out at 18. Have not looked back, save Sunday dinners. No, I do no dump my kids off with my mom -- something else that I see my generation doing....mom means babysitter.
I left at 18 so are mine.
I do agree that housing costs are BS and a unduly harsh wake-up call for young people. The price of houses in places like Denver, North Dallas, and Austin are a crock and I will LMAO when they implode in the near future.
I think one thing this article fails to mention is the selfish, superficial nature of the current generation, with their overly inflated sense of entitlement - especially the girls. Have you talked to any twentysomethings lately? Their brains are mush from too much television, too much computers and video games. What happened to being a kid? Playing sports, trying to form a band, having a paper route? Instead they sit in front of the telly hours on end.
Sounds like the Dr in last paragraph didnt read the rest of the article...lol
Still, how many 18 year olds buy a house? It's called an apartment...it's called a roommate...it's called doing what it takes to make it happen, i.e. working your hind end off so that you can afford a house.
And if you can't make it in Denver, North Dallas, or Austin, you MOVE to a place where you can make it.
Even when my kids get a job, it would still make sense if they work close by, to allow them to live with us (for a monthly rental, plus helping with shopping, etc). The stipulation is that any money they save out of the deal, goes into a retirement fund. People don't realize just how much difference it makes to start saving for retirement in their 20s, rather than starting in their 30s, even a little money goes a long way if you have that extra ten years of interest.
my degree in anthrpologicalwomensstudiespadagonianbasketweaving (for non-math majors) is worthless!
Unemployment has been below 6% for YEARS now.
What do you want to bet this happens more with liberal parents than conservative parents.
Marge: "Homer, remember what you promised the kids?"
Homer: "Oh, yea. Kids, when you're 18, you're outta here."
(paraphased)
The job market is "tight" when these kids expect $50k + right out of college. Those $28k jobs are for losers, doncha know?
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