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Originally Posted by Bryan
To be a 55+ Retirement community, current rules require that one person on 80% of the deeds in the community be over age 55. TV meets that requirement, I think - and I am sure someone is monitoring it. All the other people in the home can be almost any age EXCEPT under 19. As Bizdoc pointed out, you thought you were an empty-Nester and got rid of those problem kids but they couldn't cut it on their own and they "boomeranged" back into your fold - now in TV.
Of course that is a generalization - not true in 100% of the cases - but you get the idea of how it happens and exactly why the high percentage of 'youngsters' making the daily arrest reports - they were losers before they left mom or dads nest, couldn't make it in the big, bad world on their own, and now that they've returned, they are supported (by mom or dad or grandparents) or subsidized (by us taxpayers) losers, still causing all the trouble they have always caused.
My suggestion is that we remove the warning labels from ALL products and let nature take it's course. That should drain the shallow end of the gene pool.
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However, I agree. Some parents are total enablers, they don't know how to say no. Makes me crazy. I know there are situations when a little help is needed, economically it's a tough time. I'm happy that I could help my kids every now and then but as far as them mooching off of me, that will never happen. There doesn't seem to be any consequences for bad actions now. I struggled with being a single mom, but I made it work. I don't know if I've had the blessing of dumb luck, but it can be done. Oh dear, I'm rambling all over the place, sorry.
I guess I am just blessed with having productive kids that want to make something of themselves. I spent my life raising my kids and now it's time for me, me, me. Boom!