Young people more likely to live with parents now than any time in modern history

[redstatebluegirl]

5. Honestly it is the way we are raising them.

Everybody gets a trophy, protect them from everything unpleasant, run interference when people are "mean to them".

They expect a nice car, nice apartment, going out to dinner the latest fashions without any consequences. Then if they are not successful, it is our fault somehow. Well it is in a way, we didn't raise resilient adults. Higher ed is catering to them the same way their parents did.

I had a student that graduated with a professional degree come into my office a couple of weeks after graduation asking how to move to a different city for a job. He had never rented an apartment on his own without his dad checking them out and writing the checks. He had already spent all of his graduation gifts so he didn't have enough for a deposit. He thought it was unfair the company who hired him didn't cover that expense....

I am not a mean old lady who kicks kids off my porch, I worked with them for over 30 years...I just saw all of this coming prior to my retirement.