I haven't received a dime from my parents since I was 16 (when I got my first job). Paid for college myself, paid off my debt myself, bought my first house myse

I haven't received a dime from my parents since I was 16 (when I got my first job). Paid for college myself, paid off my debt myself, bought my first house myself, and have essentially done everything without their help since I was legally allowed to. And the people that do need help (like my younger brother), what irks me is that he certainly does not think he pulled himself up from his bootstraps. He knows that he was dealt a bad hand and painfully acknowledges the help he's getting. This comment from the article is incredibly myopic because either you did in fact bootstrap against harsh circumstances or you know you didn't because the recession has dealt you a tough hand. I think the outlier is the individual who think they did it themselves and really believes that (when they didn't).