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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And barely Gen Exer Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, I don’t remember very many kids with grandparents helping out.  I remember latch key kids instead.  It certainly wasn’t  the norm in either of my parent’s extended families.  [/quote]

Yup. I’m 49 and this was how we were raised as gen xers. We did a lot of things on our own and grandparents certainly didn’t help out much.

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We went home to empty houses.  Nobody was waiting for us, or driving all over hell's half acre to take us to various activities.   Go home, get a snack, watch TV.  Or start supper, depending on the household.[/quote]

Yup. Walked home, jimmied the lock (because I’d lost my house key and didn’t want to tell my parents that I’d lost yet another), called my mom at work and let it ring once and then hung up (because she couldn’t talk to me, she was at work).  Made some mac and cheese on the stovetop. Watch some UHF. Life was pretty serene. Not sure I envy these millenials who were fussed over for every second of their existence and are now feeling abandoned. No wonder they’re so awkward about “adulting”. [/quote]

Is that what it is? Like a 10-15 year age difference and parenting changed completely from neglect to helicopter? [b]Were millennials helicoptered?[/b][/quote]Of course.[/quote]

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