The Third Option

Let's not.: bricksandmortarandchewinggum: I mean this is all semantics but say... →

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   terrible” is the most amazing thing I’ve ever read.

2. sanctimonypony said: I agree. My parents were born ‘59, and I’m graduating in May at 21 years old. My parents (GEDs, no school past 6th grade) are not helicopters but my sister (super educated 32 year-old) sometimes tries to be helicoptery because she has the means.
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5. thethirdoption reblogged this from kelsium and added:

   boomers were known for having...lot older than 20.

6. greycatbrigade reblogged this from someauthorgirl and added:

   Uh… my version of “Gen X parenting” is, “I take care of you now, in order to teach you how to take care of yourself, and...

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9. vanboobsenstein reblogged this from thecranium and added:

   54 and 55. My brother...weren’t special snowflakes, we were free labor.

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11. ackb said: Yup. Doesn’t bode well though for our three-adult over-educated family, does it? We’ll have five post-grad degrees between us by the time the Beans start school. I best begin writing apology notes to teachers and coaches now.
12. shutupandbuckleup reblogged this from kelsium and added:

    My parents were born in 1933 and 1943, but okay, they’re clear outliers. But yeah, most of my friends’ parents were...

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    I don’t necessarily disagree with your assertion because honestly, I have no empirical evidence with which to do so. I...

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17. thecranium reblogged this from bricksandmortarandchewinggum and added:

    I too believe this is primarily a Gen X thing, specifically a middle class white Gen X thing. Parents were not doing...

18. someauthorgirl reblogged this from kelsium and added:

    I tend to disagree with notions that all GenX parents are annoying helicopters. Speaking as a GenX parent who is around...

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20. lazybeautiful said: My parents were born in 1959, and both finished their masters before they got married. Then they waited until they were 30 to have kids. And they are insane helicopter parents, my mom especially.
21. bricksandmortarandchewinggum reblogged this from kelsium and added:

    Possibly. But my parents and...parents of those...went to...

22. kelsium reblogged this from bricksandmortarandchewinggum and added:

    Again, I think it’s about education level. The longer people spend in school before they have kids, I think the more...

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24. seriouslybananapants reblogged this from bricksandmortarandchewinggum and added:

    I definitely think it depends on education level for the Boomer kid thing. almost everyone I went to college with had...

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27. mar-see-ah said: my parents had bad advice about biology (yay catholics) and so had my older brother during law school, but waited to have the rest of us. And my mom was a total helicopter parent - when she had time. I would beg her not to talk to my teachers.
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30. pocketdonut said: Dad was 1950, mom 1954. They never really helicopter parents but they were on top of shit like my sister’s issues and my ADHD. They paid attention without taking away freedom.
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32. thejennismightier said: I dislike “Boomers,” or any generational label. My mom was born in ‘46, and I have 18-22 year old students with parents born in ‘64. Mama would never dream of pulling that nonsense, but obviously kids my students’ age have parents who do.
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35. ohdogoaway said: my dad’s 1962 but my mum’s 1970 so I guess they don’t really count.
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