Gen-X superpower. It’s the force that has kept us adaptable, resourceful, and unafraid to question the status quo. Swinger status becomes us. Who are we?
As a Millenial, I've watched the Latchkey Kids oddly turn into the Helicopter Parents of Gen Z. From that Superpower to raising kids who are the Kryptonite of that superpower. The pendulum swing was crazy.
Latchkey kids themselves created a new class of adults: The Lady Across The Street. My wife was one such TLATS. The kids were told that if they needed something they should go to TLATS; she's always at home and doesn't work.
None of the parents entrusting their kids to TLATS ever questioned why she stayed home. That was a decision we made early in our careers as parents. Dad would work to sustain the family financially; Mom would stay home to sustain the family emotionally. That put a great strain on the TLATS; since she's always home she leads the Brownie and Girl Scout troops. She organizes the bake sale, chaperones the school trips, serves as President of the PTA, etc. I never knew what they assumed about why my wife was a TLATS. Our youngest daughter was chronically ill; that alone would have accounted for it.
As a Millenial, I've watched the Latchkey Kids oddly turn into the Helicopter Parents of Gen Z. From that Superpower to raising kids who are the Kryptonite of that superpower. The pendulum swing was crazy.
Latchkey kids themselves created a new class of adults: The Lady Across The Street. My wife was one such TLATS. The kids were told that if they needed something they should go to TLATS; she's always at home and doesn't work.
None of the parents entrusting their kids to TLATS ever questioned why she stayed home. That was a decision we made early in our careers as parents. Dad would work to sustain the family financially; Mom would stay home to sustain the family emotionally. That put a great strain on the TLATS; since she's always home she leads the Brownie and Girl Scout troops. She organizes the bake sale, chaperones the school trips, serves as President of the PTA, etc. I never knew what they assumed about why my wife was a TLATS. Our youngest daughter was chronically ill; that alone would have accounted for it.