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Originally Posted by Djean1981
Exactly. We were expected out of the house at 18.
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In our generation, children COULD leave the house at 18 because there were Trade Unions that were set up for manufacturing that were EAGER to accept them. But, now, Unions are gone and manufacturing has been outsourced to China. And today, men compete with women for basically, office jobs where women have the better skills, but strangely, get paid LESS than the equivalent man. And BOTH sexes NEED TO HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES , which are pricey at best. No wonder young people are maturing economically later in life than our generation. And no wonder there are so many suicides among young people today........they face MORE pressure than we did. Today's US problems for YOUNG people are etched on the gravestones of UNIONS and OUTSOURCING to China