Emily, I sometimes wonder, too what the younger people's parents are like. Because of the fact that the university I go to attracts a certain type of person, with certain beliefs, I would think that many of them have parents who are like me. But a few have made comments about how they were brought up and it seems like they have made a conscious effort to do something different. I know I am living in a little bubble, especially when I go to class in Cambridge, MA. It seems as though most of these younger adults are less hung up about a whole bunch of stuff than I was at that age. Of course, I was at a different stage of life when I was their age... married, with a house and getting ready to start a family.
I had more than a few of my kid's friends (mostly the younger one's friends) tell me they wish their parents were as cool as me when they were in middle school.
