Hey, we're not all faggots! But, damn if there isn't some motivation and curiosity missing from a lot of my peers, and most of the younger ones (I'm just a few years off from being an Xer). But, every time it seems like things are going well, there's a market crash, or this time the great plandemic, to RIP opportunities away. When it puts gaping holes on your resume, and you used your savings all up years ago, during that last big jobless period, economic downturns aren't easy to get out from under, even after the large scale numbers supposedly look good, again (but never as good as before the last crash, or the one before it, or the one before that one...).

Economic and social safety nets are almost gone, and what should be a minor emergency, that our parents and grandparents wouldn't have given a second thought, can set you back a year or two. I'm going on 40, and economically about where I wanted to be before 30. Finally having land and a house kind of feels like a pyrrhic success, now.

If I had kids, I'd take multigenerational living over a nursing home, especially today - make it worthwhile for them to either take over the home, if it's still in a good place, or sell it and we all move somewhere better. I wouldn't force them out into this toilet bowl of an economy, expecting them to succeed on their merits, either. Of course, I'd also keep them off of the internet, and without a smart phone, until at least 8, probably longer for the phone, plus do whatever reasonable to ensure they can act on their own, and have above a gnat's attention span.