[Usagi_yo]

Pre 1960 Traditional families were a working father, stay at home mother. Then came the latch key kids and two working parents (if they stayed together that is).

We’re heading towards the next evolution of the family. Both parents and their adult children working.

Unintended consequences — perhaps we’ll start taking better care of our parents.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And Pre-1940 Traditional Families were working father, mother, and grandfather while grandma watched the kids and there were generally at least a couple of other working relatives in the family as well.

[frogjerk]

This term is one of the reasons why we are where we are - "adult children"

An utterly disgusting term

When they are young we push sex education and all kinds of millstone earning "knowledge" upon them and then when they are older we treat them like they are infants.

[kearnyirish2]

I think this is definitely a reflection of the declining standard of living we’ve been seeing for years; the idea of starting a family or buying a home is off the table for many young Americans. Those doing well economically know that their hold is precarious, while others don’t assume things will get better in the foreseeable future.

This last evolution of the family also includes pets replacing children; many female co-workers are already in that mode (raising pets, looking after their parents). For the larger WASP culture, this is the last evolution of the family before extinction; it is unfolding before our eyes, and the foreigners are being imported to replace them.