[StAnDeliver]

"But if you have the time, do check out the interview that Rush played. Part of his comment in response to it was that parents didn't use to coddle their kids like most do now. Lots of kids raised in comfortable homes had to fend for themselves once they left home, and know very well what it's like to struggle financially."

Wasn't that great? He was going back to the days when even wealthy people would force their kids to strike out on their own, without promise of support, or returning home. The basement cold-water flat in grad school, without money for new carpet -- been there.

[ohioWfan]

Wasn't that great?

It sure was!

I don't think a lot of younger people these days have any concept of how things used to be when parenting didn't mean giving your kids whatever they wanted.

Part of what made America great, and part of what made Americans strong was that many parents pushed their kids out of the nest and said, "Fly."

You lived in a basement, but I'm guessing it wasn't in Mommy's house. ;*)

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Wasn't that great? He was going back to the days when even wealthy people would force their kids to strike out on their own, without promise of support, or returning home. The basement cold-water flat in grad school, without money for new carpet -- been there.

Hell, I left home, off to college, when I was 18. Had enough work in the summer to pay for a year of college and would take on construction jobs while in school to put some bucks in my pocket. Fraternity brothers would take notes for my classes that I'd miss and I'd always make the time to take the tests. Didn't happen often, but it did happen.

When I left school, it was off to the Army. When I came back I got married and we lived in a basement apartment paying $75/month (utilities included), and bought a new car with payments of $60/month! Damn, I long for the old days...sigh