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This Millennial Commented On How Our Parents “Don’t Really Know Us,” And Thousands Of People Agree


“It hit me really hard one day when I realized I know so many stories about my parents’ childhoods, but my parents only know the stories of when we were together. Which, as a latchkey double-income household, was weekends and evenings. As a teen, I stayed gone with extracurriculars. The idea that to them I am a kid, me, and never more, is nuts, but it’s how it is.”

—u/MrsTurnPage

Aaron Ant

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