ddd75":22cstiqg said:
yea.. here I am in the real world.. just throwing things out there.. . crazy talk and all...
oh wait..
Survey from Schwab:
Ages 23-28: One in four still lived with their parents; of those, 28% were unemployed, while another 26% chose to live with their parents in order to save money.
Fox business:
Today, most teenagers are not learning any personal money management skills because no one around them talks about it, says Judy Hoberman, marketing expert and President and CEO of Selling in a Skirt.
An overwhelming majority of teens --87% -- admit they don't know much about personal finance, according to a new study by ING Direct.
A 2009 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that only 27% of young adults understood basic financial concepts like inflation and interest rate calculations
2012 business insider: In addition to this, just 17% of teenagers surveyed suggested that they were confident and knowledgeable when it came to managing personal wealth. This lack of fiscal awareness does not bode well for the future of the U.S. economy.
COOKING:
Teens surveyed:
Much of their cooking was described as "jar-based," with the microwave being one of the most used kitchen appliances. Researchers also found that a popular "home-cooked" meal was cheese on toast.
There's no reason to bother about what you eat, because some participants believed that exercise would compensate for all their poor eating habits. Oh, and for their smoking as well.
For the first time ever, Americans in 2014 spent more money on food away from home than food prepared and consumed at home
nah.. you guys are right and i'm just "out there" with my CRAZY thinking and the CRAZY things I see with my eyes..
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I don't know about specific percents, but there is a lot of truth in what you wrote; however, I don't see much difference in older adults. How many older adults know anything about money managemwnt to the point they lead a comfortable life?
Most adults I know that have good jobs are running around acting like they may starve to death. They are in debt up to their eyeballs, and a few days without a paycheck could make or break them. Most adults I know who have worked for years act like they don't even have a few thousand dollars lying around for backup.
As for cooking, my grandmothers cooked three meals a day when everybody was farming at home. These days, I know very few older people who sit down to a home-cooked meal every night like people once did. The modern schedules just don't accommodate. Everybody is too busy running to sporting events or working from daylight to dark with a sandwich as their nourishment. I don't know too many professional people who sit down to home cooked meals regularly. They are grabbing Subway or skipping some meals altogether.
I think that has been going on for years. My grandmother had brothers and sisters that lived in Indiana, California, and Chicago. Whenever they came to visit, she filled the table every day with a great meal. When she went to visit them, it was like a regular mealtime didn't even exist. She said she always starved when she went to visit them.
So, nothing I've written justifies anything or makes anything better or worse, but I don't think all this stuff just started with the current young generation.