Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 03:27     Subject: Are you tired of whiny millennial parents / co-workers
Anonymous wrote:Daycare is expensive, but at least designed for dual working parents. I literally cannot get into licensed school age childcare after school unless I am willing to either interrupt my work at 3pm to drive my kindergartener to aftercare or hire a personal after school babysitter/driver. I am beyond frustrated at this. I have money to throw at it but don’t want to deal with a regular sitter as my employee.

Also, all people should be able to work less and live more.
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I find having a regular sitter to be quite helpful. Even when I'm done with work at the end of school, kids are now going in different directions for activities, and DH often has to travel for work, so having an extra person is nice. She also does kids' laundry, light housekeeping, and meal prep as long as I give her specific instructions. She is another person to manage, and there's something to that concern, but the pros outweigh the cons for us.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2025 03:22     Subject: Are you tired of whiny millennial parents / co-workers
Anonymous wrote:I'm 48, my kids are 8 and 12, so while I'm not a millennial, my children have friends whose parents are. I don't know anyone as whiny and annoying as people who claim to be millennials and gen z on DCUM.

Most of the dual income families I know either have flexible or staggered schedules or extensive use of before/after care. I don't know anybody that was on daycare waiting lists for months because most people here use in home daycares until their children are 2 or 3 and the ratios at daycare centers/preschools get better.

Most of our friends our age bought homes 10 years ago, but DH and I bought a townhouse back then and upgraded to a single family house a couple years ago. The 30-somethings we know all bought homes in the past 10 years too. I just don't know who you people on this board are that are complaining that you can't afford anything. I don't know anyone in their 30s and 40s that is in that situation.


To OPs point, he is interacting with them at the workplace; presumably the ones complaining don't live in suburbs and own homes yet, so would not be your neighbors. Also they would not be asking you permission to leave early or have "flexible" schedules -- I think that is exactly what irks OP.