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[quote=Anonymous]Meh. I don't have college aged kids, but i've had a bunch of college-enrolled nannies work PT for us in my son's earlier years, and they were the hardest working, most organized, career driven people i've ever met. And all their friends were the same (we met a bunch of the friends over the years who filled in as babysitters).  Much more intensely driven than my (15 year older) generation.  And my Dh and I were both driven and ended up in very successful jobs.  And these poor kids are paying double and triple what we were for college, and rent in urban areas has skyrocketed.

There has also been a total shift in the economy, so that employers rarely recruit students right out of college anymore.  They expect employees to come with experience already -- through multiple unpaid internships.  Unless your parents live close to an urban center, i do not understand how one would, say, rent an apartment without parental help for the first and last months and deposit.  Where would this magical money come from?  I'm no millennial, but i think those poor kids are screwed.  [/quote]

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