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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Economic anxiety.  I am a GenXer from a middle class family.   My parents did not pay any attention to my extracurricular activities (they did pay for music lessons, but only because I really wanted it) and minimally concerned themselves with my grades.   It was pretty obvious that I will eventually go to college, a state school, of course, and the college degree will allow me to have a decent living, likely better than my parents’.   Compare this to now, when a college degree is not a guarantee for anything, although a “right” college degree might.   But to get to that place, you have to go to the “right” high school, middle school, elementary school, preschool, and have the “right” activities on your resume, and  that’s all on your parents.

I have to say that this intensified drastically in the last 10 yrs or so (social media impact?).  My oldest and youngest kids are 14 years apart, and I definitely notice the difference in parenting.   And it’s super hard not to succumb to the arms race, even though I have been a sane parent before and have a grown child to prove it.[/quote]

This. It is now assumed that even being as successful as your parents, whatever income level, is much more competitive.

And, my parents seemed to have kids because "you were supposed to." Now, unless you really want to have kids, it's better economically not to have them.[/quote]

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