Changed the title as it wasn’t clear

  • Spacehooks
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    2 days ago

    So many of my coworkers tell me their parents said they refuse to babysit. I’m can’t believe the refusal to care for one’s family.

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      If their parents are retired they’re Boomers. Considering the levels of “got mine, fuck you” attitude and delusions about how they “did it on my own without help” this doesn’t surprise me at all. Not saying this is the entire generation, there are actually very caring Boomers out there. But in general, it’s a pretty pervasive sentiment of today’s retirees.

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        My grandparents and great grandparents took care of me with mom. I would feel so betrayed if they pulled that stunt with my kids. I assume its an American thing with abandoning babysitting but I dk about other first world countries.