Are you tired of whiny millennial parents / co-workers

[Anonymous]

I am a 48 yo father of 2 teenage girls. I somehow found a way to raise both of these girls and work at the same time.

I am 100% tired of seeing people complain about daycare and how they are going to handle going back to the office...GTFOH man up and figure it our somehow my generation found a way to raise their children before remote work....

I guess I am officially the old grumpy GenX guy, but I am done dealing with this mentally weaker generation!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a 48 yo father of 2 teenage girls. I somehow found a way to raise both of these girls and work at the same time.

I am 100% tired of seeing people complain about daycare and how they are going to handle going back to the office...GTFOH man up and figure it our somehow my generation found a way to raise their children before remote work....

I guess I am officially the old grumpy GenX guy, but I am done dealing with this mentally weaker generation!!!

It sounds like you're the whiny one. I say that as a whiny Gen x person although I whine about different things than you. Maybe that's what it ultimately comes down to. People find their own complaints more palatable than those of others.

[Anonymous]

Considering how GenZ is shaping out, I would reserve crowing about it.

Oh, and you are the DAD? Who did pickups and drop offs, or took to the 430 gymnastics class twice a week?

I’m guessing you dropped them off at 830 and went to work, and coached soccer once a week. Your DW did all the pickup and afternoon activities 4x a week which is career nightmare fuel.

[Anonymous]

Troll just trying to stir up drama. Unfortunately you're about 10 years too late - old people stopped complaining about millennials ages ago, it's all Gen Z now.

[Anonymous]

I’m just a few years younger than you are. When my kids were little, my husband’s work more or less expected that I would handle everything at home, and he would be available at work. (It didn’t matter that I also worked for the same hospital and knew is boss and coworkers.)

My sister is 35, and things are so different. Her husband does close to half, and that’s what’s expected. He took paternity leave when the kids were born, takes time off when they are sick half the time, goes to the doctor with them half the time, etc.

As a working woman, I think this is good.

[Anonymous]

I'm a millennial and everyone I know who works has their kids in daycare.

Also, dude you never had to deal with your toddler's daycare being closed for months and still having to work. Getting up at six to get in hours, logging back on through naps, then working as late as you could stand. 2020 was rough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering how GenZ is shaping out, I would reserve crowing about it.

Oh, and you are the DAD? Who did pickups and drop offs, or took to the 430 gymnastics class twice a week?

I’m guessing you dropped them off at 830 and went to work, and coached soccer once a week. Your DW did all the pickup and afternoon activities 4x a week which is career nightmare fuel.

^^this.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you married? Did your partner work full time out of the house? What childcare did you use for your kids, and can you quickly check if it's still open? Relevant to the discussion.

FWIW, I'm 45 and have WFH (hybrid) since my early 30s: a lot of our generation actually did use WFH to make our childcare work. Mostly not the dudes, though.

[Anonymous]

No, I am tired of entitled/staid boomers and Xers though.

[Anonymous]

My dad raised 3 kids solo while working at the same time.

He also had his extended family to help out physically and financially, childcare had plenty of spots and wads cheap, you didn't have to sign up for summer day camps months in advance, and you could hire a college student nanny for $5 an hour. We did zero sports/instruments/etc, just came home and watched TV all afternoon/evening.

For us, there's no daycare. We've been on waitlists for 3 years. Nannies are $30+ an hour if you can even find one. Boomer parents decided they were done raising kids and don't help out.

[Anonymous]

I'd love to talk to your wife because I am pretty sure she worked and did most of the mental load managing your family. So yes, it probably was easy for you! That's called: being a man.

[Anonymous]

All of the millennials I know with two working parents, even if they work from home, have some form of regular professional childcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I am tired of entitled/staid boomers and Xers though.

Gen X is far from entitled. If you’re going to slander, at least get the stereotypes right.

[Anonymous]

Pleases stop generalizing about people based on their age. Yeah, I can see being annoyed at some people you hear complaining. That doesn't mean that every person that age acts the same way just as not everyone your age acts the way you do.

So tired of this generalizing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a 48 yo father of 2 teenage girls.I somehow found a way to raise both of these girls and work at the same time.

I am 100% tired of seeing people complain about daycare and how they are going to handle going back to the office...GTFOH man up and figure it our somehow my generation found a way to raise their children before remote work....

I guess I am officially the old grumpy GenX guy, but I am done dealing with this mentally weaker generation!!!

Typical dude. Your wife likely handled all the invisible labor. The sick days, the daycare signups, sports schedules etc.

White male privilege and the lack of awareness is disgusting.