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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel you OP.  I'm an RN at the VA, meaning we get a very generous amount of leave as feds compared to RNs in other hospitals.  We have a wiiiide age range among the RNs, from 25 yo to ~65 yo.

100% of us have children, some still at home and others grown now.  But at some point, 100% of us have had small children at home.

The amount of time that the current under-40 crowd is away from work is nothing short of astonishing. They take all their sick days and vacation days (ok) and then they KEEP taking days off, calling out at the last minute.  Three of these nurses don't have paid childcare - they just juggle with their spouse or have Mom do it. And when spouse or Mom gets the sniffles or has their own doctor appt?  Why naturally my coworkers call out sick.

We -- Gen X -- absolutely did not act like this. I have no idea what has led the current crop of Millennial parents to conclude that they only need to show their face at work about 75% of the time and shove their work onto the conscientious RNs who don't call out every few days.

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Childcare was way more affordable and available 20 years ago.  Also, HOUSES were way less expensive 20 years ago, so there was more money in general sloshing around.

Fed salaries especially have declined relative to COL in last 20 years, you should be aware of that.

It was also more acceptable to leave kids alone and do less things 20 years ago -- now people will call CPS if your kid is walking home alone at age 8, meanwhile I did that in kinder.[/quote]

I agree with you but I think one of the issues is that many solidly MC and UMC young parents aren’t adjusting for these costs.  They still want 2,3,4 kids and the SFH etc. It is unfortunate how costly things have gotten in the past couple of decades but people need to adjust to their own reality. [/quote]

They DID adjust by reducing their commitment to work. Something has to give. They decided it would be work and not, as you suggest, having a family and a house.  
"No one wants to live in a box and give up their personal dreams for their jobs anymore!"[/quote]

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