<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fcbf4f2a-ff5b-4345-b04e-0e544cdab404/DB9A7FCE-4581-46D0-9B01-C35814C15C2B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/" href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/" style="font-size: 11px;">roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><H2 class="entry-title">Dependent Adults: Victims or Spoiled Brats?</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/img/3EE17FE6-5A6A-407A-A152-0F722CA2BC70" alt="All in the Family" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><SPAN class="caption">All under one roof.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><P>Last week, Room for Debate published a discussion on <A href="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/the-40-something-dependent-child/">“The 40-Something Dependent Child.”</A> Readers responded with their own thoughts on why it has been increasingly difficult for younger generations to support themselves without family help. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><P>Did it begin in adolescence, with parents too quick to meet their children’s every need? Or in the economic changes of the last 20 years? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><H4>Spas, iPhones — Just the Necessities</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/dependent-adults-victims-or-spoiled-brats/"><P> I am in my early 30’s. My parents paid for both my undergraduate and graduate educations including the bare minimum living expenses. Money earned from jobs had to be saved and put toward school expenses. I had to account for my expenses to my parents. I got a check each semester to cover my expenses and that was it. One condition of this arrangement was no credit cards. 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