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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The latchkey generation is handsoff with child rearing? Ya don't say....[/quote]

[b]Xers need to let this latchkey kid thing go.[/b] Do you think millennials suddenly had parents at home after school for some reason? No, ours were working too. We all ate bagel bites and watched trl unsupervised. Xers aren't special.[/quote]

I think they think it makes them sound cool? [/quote]

No.  But it defines us because, while it became commonplace later, we were the first generation that had latchkey kids because we had working mothers.  Yes, now, many families are like this, but when it happened in the 70s and 80s, there was no precedent for this.  Boomers and silent generation kids were never left alone like that.  Their parents always had a SAHM or the kids went with their parents to employment.  [/quote]

But I'm gen x and had a sahm. Lots and of us did. The latchkey thing is the same as divorce-- it became more common in the 70s/80s so there are more gen x who experienced it than other generations. But the mistake you make is in thinking it defines your entire generation and sets it apart from others. Nope. It defines YOUR life. You are not representative of your generation (no one is). You have experiences in common with both boomers and millennials, just like I do. Gen x is not this special exception some of you make it out to be.[/quote]

Being a latchkey kid back then is literally what made me want to be a SAHM as an adult. Thankfully I was able to make that work. Glad your childhood was sunshine and lollipops. [/quote]

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