[kittymyrib]

The Day-Care Generation is not all that bonded to their parents. They learned to survive pretty much on their own with not all that much emotional attachment to anyone, since all they saw was a long succession of minimum-wage "providers" from an early age. All those chickens will come home to roose when they also decide that they have to be "practical," just like their parents were when they needed them as babies and toddlers.

[Siamese Princess]

The Day-Care Generation is not all that bonded to their parents. They learned to survive pretty much on their own with not all that much emotional attachment to anyone, since all they saw was a long succession of minimum-wage "providers" from an early age. All those chickens will come home to roose when they also decide that they have to be "practical," just like their parents were when they needed them as babies and toddlers.

Absolutely right. Someone once said, "if you stick your child in a day care center when he is little, because you want a life, don't be surprised when he sticks you in a nursing home when you're old, because he wants a life!"

Also, divorce tends to hurt the parent-child relationship. As a Baby Boomer myself, I think that few in my generation realize the widespread anger many young people feel towards one or both parents, because of divorce, daycare, etc. I've seen it and there will be hell to pay.