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Ed Barrow (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:05 PM Original message |
Study: Americans taking longer to grow up |
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adnelson60087 (661 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder how long it will take before someone blames this on us teachers? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. +1 Lol! |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. 15??? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Parents share most of the blame here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Wages have been flat for 35 years and PARENTS are to blame? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. why is there blame? taking longer to become a mother is not a "bad" thing |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. And hopefully it will lead to taking longer |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. what makes you so sure it is a bad thing? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. blame? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. +100 |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well, I moved out at 24, and got married at 25. Had my kids at 28 and 29. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. The decline in opportunities to find good paying jobs |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. And for those of us who are disabled...? |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What are you asking? N/T |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Nothing. It's a rhetorical question |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is bullshit |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. OK, but life expectancy is longer now |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Try "until your job is outsourced at 47" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. So, who paid for this study? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. I disagree with the assumptions. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am 30 years old... |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I like that.... |
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ProgressiveVictory (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. this will cost us a lot of money |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. So more evidence that pre-1900 social structure was normal and the Post WWIi social structure was NO... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I agree |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Frog with no ears can't jump! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. How can you grow up when you can't get a job that pays more than a malt shop waitress? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. Life isn't as simple as it used to be. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. no job placement after grad, large student loans due, hmm I wonder why kids live with parents |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. Study: Americans now taking correct amount of time to grow up. Previous generations |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. We had a family reunion this past Saturday. Oil gusher on our |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's the lazy stupid....people don't appreciate hard work anymore |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
32. i have seen this in so many ways. i contribute in some areas with my kids, on the one hand |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. I have a nephew who didn't get his college degree until he was nearly 40 |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. "Peter Pan" "Grow Up"... "Baloney" |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. That's what happens when you treat kids like babies |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. ding ding ding |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. lol @ "social scientists" |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. It was easier to become financially independent in the post-WWII years |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Young people were also taught how to take care of themselves |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
40. This isn't necessarily bad; it's just different. |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
41. How is this the fault of the people involved? |
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