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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a Millennial and my parents did get some help from their parents/my grandparents but it did come with conditions, of course. I couldn’t do overnights at my maternal grandparents because their health wasn’t good enough. Couldn’t go to the other set of grandparents during the day some days because grandma was working and grandpa wouldn’t have watched me alone. But they or my great aunt were usually able to step in if I was too sick for school or day care.

The main problem now seems to be that fewer people live near their families. [b]As the jobs consolidated in the big urban centers, we all left our Midwestern/Southern small town home towns for a few big cities. I wish we lived closer to both sets of grandparents but it’s not the reality[/b]. [/quote]

Same here. We just couldn't have the same jobs in our hometowns. That's a choice, but we worked hard to get into our careers. I'm lucky because my boomer parents actually do help out a lot when they are able to visit us. [/quote]

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