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What does it mean, he asked, when kids are under stress because there is no money in the household, or people have to move more, or are combining households, or
by johnohara 17y ago
What does it mean, he asked, when kids are under stress because there is no money in the household, or people have to move more, or are combining households, or lose their health insurance? I believe this is going to leave a permanent scar on a generation of kids.
I've believed for quite some time that the current generation of kids is closer in thought and deed to their grandparents than to their parents. Circumstances are increasingly showing that to be true.
- RobGR 17y agoMy observations agree with yours. I have noticed that many of my age group (late 20s to early thirties) seem to be more socially conservative, especially with regards to divorce, sex, and drugs (but more accepting of homosexuality and especially race than the older friends). In particular I have noticed on an anecdotal basis that the children of divorced parents marry later and more cautiously. Most of the fiscal old-fasionedness is in males who feel unsure of their careers, which jives with Herbert's observations on gender.