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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of millennials refuse to do the math. When I was small, my grandma was in her 50s. People complaining about lack of help when “my parents’ parents helped them”: how old are your parents? My guess is, substantially older than their parents were when you were born.

It’s nobody’s fault. It’s just a societal change. Complaining won’t help. [/quote]

My mom had me at 23. My paternal grandmother was 52 and maternal 56. I had two siblings: 5 years later and 13 years later. So when my youngest sibling was born they were 65 and 69. My nana lived with us for a year around 70 and provide FT care to my youngest and helped my mom out. All 3 of us spent multiple summers with my paternal grandparents for weeks on end.

I had my son at 31. My mom was 54. She is currently 60 and still FT working.

The difference between the generations is not age. It is that our generation of grandparents were more likely to have SAHM/housemakers whereas our kids grandparents are in the workforce. The grandparents I see providing childcare in this day and age are either SAHM or retired. You have incrementally less SAHM with each generation therefore its going to continue.

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