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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here who complained about Boomers. I think that in the case of my own mother (and probably many Boomers), her own mother and grandmother were very involved in her adult life, in the rearing of her kids, in her marriage, so it's entirely possible that she didn't want to do that to her own children, and decided to step back and not be a forever helicopter parent.

At least that's what I tell myself. [/quote]

She might also have been warned constantly while growing up about the perils of being a housewife and caregiver by her own unhappy 50's or 60's mom and pushed to have a career yet also expected to have children who were well-adjusted and successful. For the first time in their lives, the older boomer women are trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their active years once the kids have left the nest. I see this in my 62 year old sister, while I am at the tail end of the boomers and have had a very different experience. [/quote]

I definitely think this is the case for many boomers, but not the women in my family. I'm African American and women in my family have always worked. Always, even at the turn of the century, they were teachers, maids and sharecroppers. My grandmother graduated with an AA degree from community college in the 40s and had a successful 20 year career in aerospace. I think my mother was resentful of the involvement of her mother and grandmother and decided to take a different approach with her own kids and their lives. My father just goes along with whatever she does, and I think they enjoy their retired lives and not being around small children too often. Maybe some of these boomers should have been childless by choice, but didn't make that decision because of family and societal expectations.

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