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Because that would imply that the grand parents are the bread winners in the family, instead of "enjoying their golden years".

• tomp 12y ago
  Instead, we could make "the golden years" between 25 and 45.
  • crpatino 12y ago
    Try convincing the Baby Boomers that, aside from not having a retirement any time soon, and aside from having their kids moving back home, they will be moving back with their significant other and get their own families started on Boomer's dime. It's like that pop-psi tale about the guy who never knew what chicken breast tasted like. When being a child, his mother reserved the breast for the father because "he's the one who keeps us fed and clothed". Later when he was a grown up, his wife reserved the breast for the children because "they deserve the very best".
    • russgray 12y ago
      The irony being that the breast is the least-flavourful, blandest part of the chicken, and all those years he was actually dining on the best bits without knowing?
      • crpatino 12y ago
        You are so right, sir! On so many levels...