Surprisingly (tellingly?) absent is the utter lack of support that many people this age get from their parents. And why are the parents unable to give support,

Surprisingly (tellingly?) absent is the utter lack of support that many people this age get from their parents. And why are the parents unable to give support, or even need support themselves? Because so many of them also failed to save any money, even when doing so would have been easier. This is not a new thing, and at least today's 20-somethings have an excuse. They're not completely wrong when they say that we (I'm 57) left them in a worse position than we inherited ourselves. FWIW, I and my family are doing fine, but I sure do understand why in general they don't think our advice is worth a damn.