This just in since I posted: fter bottoming out in 2011, Incomes are rising for American households – and those headed by a Millennial (someone age 22 to 37) now earn more than young adult households did at nearly any time in the past 50 years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new census data.

There are huge hurdles for first-time homebuyers everywhere--so sorry to hear it has hit home for you and yours.

i've done what you've done--help with the resume, practice interview questions. That seems pretty much within the range of what it's appropriate for parents to do to help their kids make a good impression. But it is shocking and even disturbing how far some parents go. thanks for stopping by to comment.

I also saw this observation by Obama as reminding us that whoever we are we share happy/sad moments, especially when it comes to our kids. Thanks for finding me and stopping by.

This is part of my three-part formula for leaving a legacy: 1 is the material goods we leave our children and grandchildren; 2 is the story about our lives and how that formed our values; and 3 is more prosaic: clean closets. thanks for sharing

i love that idea: sitting around the table and talking about how we made it through the "good old" days. let the amusing anecdotes begin.

we also waited to take over our children's bedrooms. The dad was reluctant to do it. He still hoped they'd come home again. By the time we did it, our kids had put down roots in cities far from ours. They weren't coming home again--except for a visit.

As you suggest, we don't have to keep their old bedrooms as sacred ground. But we do want to have a place in our homes where our adult children feel welcome and comfortable when they come to visit--even if it's an extended one. thanks for stopping by candy

It's a tricky business, isn't it? but bottom line is, as you say, it's the bride/groom's day and their call.

We also commandeered our children's bedrooms--though we waited ten years after they left to do it. They had both put down roots in other cities by then, but there was still a slight sense of shock the first time they came home for a visit and their old bedrooms were not there for them. They got over it.

go, enjoy, be glad for them--and dial back the control. Even if you're paying for it, grandkids add a very different dimension and focus to a wedding. i think parents of the bride and groom who are also grandparents (via the bride or groom's sibling) kind of get stuck in wanting to show off their grandchild. Not the time or place. As you wrote, go, enjoy and be glad for the newly wed couple. All eyes on them.

That's what's so tricky. As soon as we figure out how to use an "on fleek" it has flecked away. But it's the trying that counts--the showing of interest, as the shrink (is that still an acceptable expression?) said.