400 women in an online poll isn't really scientific. .
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:08 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:336337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
