Step Aside?
As older women, should we "step aside" and let the young adults have the good jobs? Do we really have a choice? I wonder. As many of you know, I moved from California to a small town in Vermont, I opened a store on the main street (that didn't fair well at all) then I moved back to California. All in the past 3 years. So, here I am in California and for the first time in my life, I feel pity for the 20 - somethings out here not able to find a job. I find myself not resentful when I lose a job to one of them.
Twenty-somethings are at odds!
Twenty-somethings are having a hard time right now and many of them don't deserve to be. They went to college like they were told to do, so they could get a lucrative job and now, those jobs aren't out there to be had!
I can't speak for other older women but my mom told me stories about when she was younger and how the country pulled together during WWII and after, during the Cold War. It was a different time then. I can look back and know that it wasn't always like this. For the most part, you could trust your politicians and your teachers and community leaders. As a child, you could walk up to a policeman and know they were working to keep you safe. If you were lost, they'd take you home to your family. Now, they'd take you to the police station and call CPS to tell them where they found you and your parents would have to fight to get you back!
Times Are Changed
What are our young ones going to do. When they finish college and the jobs they were promised are not available? If we don't step aside for the younger generation to get the good jobs so they can raise our grandchildren, will the black market (of drugs and/or guns) be more appealing to them than any other job market? Or will they follow many of their peers and chose not to have children at all. They have a long road ahead and I, for one, will make my own job and let them have the more attainable employment opportunities. What do you think?
As older women, should we "step aside" and let the young adults have the good jobs? Do we really have a choice? I wonder. As many of you know, I moved from California to a small town in Vermont, I opened a store on the main street (that didn't fair well at all) then I moved back to California. All in the past 3 years. So, here I am in California and for the first time in my life, I feel pity for the 20 - somethings out here not able to find a job. I find myself not resentful when I lose a job to one of them.
Twenty-somethings are at odds!
Twenty-somethings are having a hard time right now and many of them don't deserve to be. They went to college like they were told to do, so they could get a lucrative job and now, those jobs aren't out there to be had!
I can't speak for other older women but my mom told me stories about when she was younger and how the country pulled together during WWII and after, during the Cold War. It was a different time then. I can look back and know that it wasn't always like this. For the most part, you could trust your politicians and your teachers and community leaders. As a child, you could walk up to a policeman and know they were working to keep you safe. If you were lost, they'd take you home to your family. Now, they'd take you to the police station and call CPS to tell them where they found you and your parents would have to fight to get you back!
Times Are Changed
What are our young ones going to do. When they finish college and the jobs they were promised are not available? If we don't step aside for the younger generation to get the good jobs so they can raise our grandchildren, will the black market (of drugs and/or guns) be more appealing to them than any other job market? Or will they follow many of their peers and chose not to have children at all. They have a long road ahead and I, for one, will make my own job and let them have the more attainable employment opportunities. What do you think?
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