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[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]

This. The rules have changed on millennial parents. They’re required to do so much more both in terms of enrichment and in terms of saving. Having older grandparents is just another log on the fire. I’m very thankful to have involved grandparents on both sides. [/quote]

Actually Gen Xer parents also have had to do the same intensive parenting as Millennials and we don’t complain about it as much as you all![/quote]

Gen X complain all the time. No one pays attention to us! We did it all without help! We were latch key kids! Now y'all complain about how the Millenials complain to much. Everyone complains, and then everyone complains that the generation after them complains more than they do.[/quote]

Pointing things out isn’t complaining.  We gen x are way too productive and competent to whine.  We do respond to whining though.[/quote]

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