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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular opinion:

Gen X - underestimate. We feel like we are not quite prepared enough at every stage. I think it comes from being older first-time parents. I remember feeling pretty lonely at first.

Millenials - I don't know if they overestimate, but they strike me as more confident from the get-go. Maybe because they grew up in the internet age, where there are many resources to mine.[/quote]

I think there's some truth to this, granted Gen X "the latchkey generation" is more used to winging it/sinking or swimming than Millenials are.  There are definitely more readily available resources these days thanks to the internet.[/quote]

PP. I forgot actually that I was a latchkey kid when writing this but it makes sense. So long as we didn't burn the house down, we stayed at home, and my little sister wasn't harmed, my parents didn't worry about the 2-3 hours from when my mom left for her work at hospital and my dad coming back from his research lab. We did wing it, without a lot of prep or study.[/quote]

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