When you say suckling at the teat, you're a little unclear. Many of us Gen-X er's have really gotten kicked in the teeth because of the greed and selfishness of the baby boomers.
Because of the boomers (not all of you of course), we have severe unemployment (greed at the hands of the 45-65 yr old CEO's and their questionable accounting), more broken households than we can shake a stick at(because marriage to them was nothing more than a convenient business contract,and sacrifice and commitment to children is not even part of their vocabulary) a pathetic disgrace of a public school system ( because parents don't get involved and leave it to subpar "educators" to do their job, and waste millions of dollars on a Federally centralized,pork-filled, liberal-agenda driven social experiment), and an erosion of the traditional family (because both parents have to work in order to keep up the mortgage payments on the Mc Mansion.)
Trust me , I could go on and on. The only reason that some Gen Xer's are choosing to stay at home, is simply because there aren't any opportunities in the job market. If I had a home to go to, (I can't because my parents are divorced) I would in order to save cash and pay off debt. In conclusion, I think Gen Xer's are a lot more conservative than the baby boomers give us credit for.