[Tax-chick]

Astonishingly, it was found that both mothers and fathers are only half as likely to get support from a non-biological child.

Why are we astonished at this?

[edcoil]

“Divorce can predict child’s future day-to-day care for aging parents”

No kidding.

[llevrok]

Heredity is amazing. If your parents did not have children, it is likely you won't either. Astonishingly.

[qam1]

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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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[gridlock]

Well, DUH!

[gridlock]

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[JamesP81]

bttt

[JamesP81]

marital transitions

So that's what they're calling it these days.

[thulldud]

"It's not the divorce itself that affects the quality of the parent-child relationship, but it's what happens afterwards such as geographical separation," said Davey, a gerontologist who studies trends in the baby boomer generation and other aging issues.

Wrong.

[donna]

Why would anyone personally help strangers in their old age?

[netmilsmom]

Here is an odd point.
My two sisters have five living children. I can bet my right arm that if I needed help, four of those five would be at my side.

If the mothers needed help. I would bet none of the kids would help them. Maybe one, big maybe. And the one who wouldn’t help me, sure wouldn’t help his mother. He is as selfish as she is.

So much for the “me” generation. They reap what they have sown.

[Mr. Silverback]

Ping!

[T.Smith]

"Society does not yet have a clear set of expectations for step-children's responsibility," Davey said.

I have positively no plans to take care of my father's wife.

[GOP_1900AD]

It’s more than just divorce. It’s spiritual rottenness. Spiritually rotten parents are less likely to get lots of attention from their kids as elder folk. Sometimes it’s even a role reversal, where the kids were more mature and responsible than the parents by the time they were in their late 20s.

[Shion]

Not a huge surprise.

Even with both my divorced parents living within 20 miles of me, I’m not sure what I would do.

My father’s wife is 10 years younger than him, and they have their own family and support structure now. My mom has her own life, boyfriend and friends.

I’m not sure some of the people in their life would even want me butting in to take care of them. I’m part of the old family that is politely not spoken of with the new spouses and significant others.

[Suzy Quzy]

And knowing that your mother is PRO-ABORTION changes the child/parent bond also.

[diamond6]

My parents divorced when I was 13 and my sister was 11.

My sister, a little over a year ago, sold her dream house, bought my dads house, remodeled it and added an apartment over the garage (it’s a luxury apt at that) for him to live in. He will never have another bill again.

She is an excellent daughter!

[DownInFlames]

My parents dumped me when I was 18. Dad told me to either get a job and move out or go to College and move out so they can start their partying.

30 years later, after they have literally drunk themselves into mindless blathering, my folks now want me to take care of them. I put this task on my brothers who are both alki’s along with my parents.

Sorry, but when you kick me out of your lives, don’t expect met to be the good son and give up my life and my kids lives who are in College to provide care when you don’t bother to write, call, or drop in but once every 5 years.