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To: CrazyJoeDivola

good for you and her! But most of all, good for the baby. This article pleases me,,it seems that the kids turned out well. My kids are gen xers and this describes them. Two highly educated women are at home with babies, tightening the belts, hubbies are more involved with kids,,,,a good thing as Auntie Martha would say.


120 posted on 09/07/2004 4:38:36 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: cajungirl

BTw I am a war baby, born in 1942. For some reason people blame me for the boomers but I don't feel alot like them other than I have worked alot but never put the kids in day care, spent years at home with them.

That said, there is a new phenomena,,,the boomeers and my gen are helping out the gen xers alot more than we were,,ie,,we had to scrimp and save to afford a house, never got gifts from parents till they died and left it all to us,,,we were truly on our own. With my kids, we gift them money for down payments, for helping with stay at home moms, to go on ski trips with us, to help out. They work, the hubbies, alot and live frugally but it is nice to help them with a leg up. And we paid for college and grad school so they started out without debt. I swear, it is hard economically now, much harder than for us. I admire the gen xeers,,they have good hearts and love their kids.


121 posted on 09/07/2004 4:45:45 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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