18 Ways Millennials Are Trying Very Hard Not To Repeat Their Parents’ Mistakes

13.

“Have children when I can’t financially or emotionally support them.”

—Sventhetidar

“Mine had four. We were lower-middle class and, at times, below the poverty line, I’m sure. We were homeless at one point and staying at a friend’s place. In the ’80s and ’90s, people could just make a situation like that work. Three of us went to college, and we’re all doing fine. I feel like the same situation in the 2020s would have left us destitute and starving.”

—HeftyFineThereFolks