If you have kids and boomer parents, do you get less help with kids than they got?

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Anonymous wrote:We get zero help from our Boomer parents. Zero. They basically do not know their grandkids at all. This was largely their choice, although at this point my daughters are so angry that they don't want to see or talk to their grandparents at all. COVID is not the reason - it was the same pre-COVID.

Our Boomer parents got much, much, much more help from their WWII generation parents.

I'm angry and have posted about our situation here before, only to be screamed at by Boomers that I'm being ageist and have no right to expect help with my kids. But it is hurtful that our parents DGAF about our kids (or really about us).

I think your anger and the fact that it seems to be growing is more the reason than anything else. I see your posts and I am immediately struck by how unpleasant a person you seem to be. Maybe you need to look inside you first before you start casting blame at others? Therapy can help with that.

I see your post and am immediately struck by what a smug, sanctimonious boob you are. Therapy can help with that.

(not the quoted PP)

LOL, sweetie. Coming from you that's quite a compliment. Thank you!

Wow. You legitimately said that. A 6th grade retort.

I’m so embarrassed for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are (late) Boomer parents. We had no help from our parents. They had no help from theirs. My parents did practically raise my niece and nephew when my sister needed the help. We have fully funded our kids education and hope to give hands-on help if/when the time comes.

Now, can we talk about the stereotypical lazy, entitled Millennial who needs constant praise to even get out of bed in the morning?

Ah, yes, thank you for illustrating that even (late) Boomers are still Boomers.

Well, that went right over your head. Is there a “generation” for oblivious?

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Yes and no. Sure I’d have some grandparent time but they lived far away. They werent in a financial position to help. They were also in their 50s when I was born.

My Boomer parents are in better financial shape. They live closer. But are generally “too busy” with their social lives. They were late 60s when my kids were born.

My Silent Gen in-laws are older. They were very hands on with the first sets of grandchildren. I had the last set and it’s much harder physically (as one would expect).

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Yes, but only because we don’t live nearby.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are the innocent bystanders?

+1. I’d like to know who the innocent bystanders are too.

Other boomers who this same poster bashes time and again on thread after thread.

Also, am I sensing a sock puppet?

+1 It definitely is a troll who is sock puppeting. The immaturity is the big tell. Look at some of the responses. Seems like some kid who needs more parental supervision.

No, I was the second commenter and not the first. The “innocent bystander” comment was hilarious. If you think that that commenter was lashing out at you or others because she is angry at her parents for not making an effort to develop any sort of relationship with her grandkids, you’re nuts. Plus she was totally being provoked with the comments about the problem being her anger rather than her crappy parents, and the comment about therapy.