erm... Not to be contrary, (but here I go...).
I think if you asked these same "adult" children about parental support, you'd probably find the same percentage reporting "no help" as the Boomer Mothers report of their parents. Gen-X'er: I'm totally independent! Boomer Mom: (rolls eyes) I support my child financially, but *I* was totally independent at his age. Boomer Mom's Mom: (rolls in grave...) On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-survey-boomermoms-idUSTRE73E4RU20110415 > > More than half of Baby Boom-generation mothers support adult children > financially and 60 percent are the go-to person when their grown kids > encounter problems, according to a survey issued on Thursday. > > That trend contrasted with the 86 percent of those 46- to 65-year-old > women surveyed who said they were fully independent of their own > parents by age 25. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
