No, we're going back to sensible life styles, where the kids work their adult jobs for a number of years while saving money by living at home. That way, they'll have a 20% downpayment for the house they want to buy so they aren't enticed to do a no money down paperless sub-prime mortgage. That doesn't sound backwards, that sounds like progress to me.
“No, we’re going back to sensible life styles, where the kids work their adult jobs for a number of years while saving money by living at home. That way, they’ll have a 20% downpayment for the house they want to buy so they aren’t enticed to do a no money down paperless sub-prime mortgage. That doesn’t sound backwards, that sounds like progress to me.”
Yes, thank you for posting this as I was about to post the same.
I’d also say that there is no better environment in which to bring up kids than in an extended family home. I grew up in a 3-generation household and being cared for by my grandparents while both my parents were at work is still some of the best memories from my early childhood.
I think the move away from 3-generation households as the norm can be closely correlated with the loss of family values, and the general decay of morals in our society.