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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Met my 60+ yrs old neighbor with her toddler granddaughter today at the cul de sac. She was waiting for her DIL to come and pick her up, so she could go and pick up another grandchild from school.

Empty nest? Never.

Life is hard in US and most adult kids are leaning on the grandparents for all kinds of money and effort. [/quote]

In-laws and my parents had a lot of help in all ways (wedding, down payment, construction help, babysitting...) with me and dh, but did not pass it down at all and never helped us as adults or with our own kids who are now grown. So I'm not sure that's universal. Meanwhile we do feel responsible for our own kids in so many more ways than our parents did (emotionally, financially) and don't want them to struggle as much as we did and be so alone...But we're also tired! I don't have it in me to help daily with grandkids. [/quote]

Adult children are also having children much later so grandparents are older. 
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