Then and Now

For this post I talked to my parents and grandparents to get their input on the topic. They both basically had the same thing to say. Not much was different in their responses. Back then the young adults were expected to at least graduate from high school and to get good jobs that lasted for twenty years and then to retire. Girls were expected to marry in their 20's and to make being mothers and home makers their primary focus, while careers were allowable if they did not interfere with the womanly duties. Boys were expected to work and to provide for their families. Having a stable lifestyle was a big thing they emphasized. They said it was inappropriate and irresponsible to not have a job back then at that age.  Now, 20 year olds like me are expected to have some college, to delay marriage and childbirth, and to have solid skills that can move with them as jobs come and go.