[danpalmer]

> It's shocking to me how many M's and Z's don't see themselves as being responsible for their families.

Is it really so shocking given the vast generational wealth inequality in much of society today? In many families the previous generation who may have been working class and earning relatively little, are now property owners, having bought when housing cost far less relative to incomes.

A generation with property and pensions don't need support from renters on historically low wages.

[eternalban]

> A generation with property and pensions don't need support from renters on historically low wages.

Right, but we are discussing Mom and Dad and their 'bundles of joy' here, not generational demographic subsets.

[RosanaAnaDana]

Its not like the many of the boomer generation have property and pensions either. The tail of the boomers caught the 1980-90's recessions right on the chin, and many lost anything they built up in 2008, ending up renting through till now.

Plenty of boomers have lots of property, but its a very bimodal bag of have lots and have nothings.