MercuryPDX: Today on Facebook, NPR asked:

haveabananana:

meow-sense:

thecranium:

HR specialists say boomer parents are advocating on behalf of young adult children, calling up to negotiate better benefits, protest a poor evaluation, etc. NPR seeks to interview people about this. Employers - have you experienced it? Parents - if you’ve…

Really?

I’ve heard tales of this (and not just Boomer parents) for years but never any first- or even second-hand examples. Which makes me think it’s a grown-up/workplace version of “rainbow parties.” An amusing, and outlandish story, but not a true one. Hopefully NPR gets to the bottom of it.

Source: thecranium

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  1. neverwithoutit reblogged this from mercurypdx
  2. rageissuesandballetshoes reblogged this from greengrey and added:
    Has that person been in school in the past 15 years? Because nobody here is being ableist they’re talking about lazy...
  3. holdthewhippedcream reblogged this from mercurypdx and added:
    This is like when my dad asked if he could call my new boss to thank him for hiring me. No thanks, Pops, I can thank him...
  4. greengrey reblogged this from thecranium and added:
    Yes, I’m sure everyone is just autistic. And I’m sure everyone who has issues with adults who can’t act like adults are...
  5. sleepingintheforest reblogged this from of-praxis and added:
    ableism. Thank god
  6. of-praxis reblogged this from douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings and added:
    dear tumblr, how come everything is ‘ableism’ and so many of you are just ignorant of the reality that young people...
  7. nimodoz reblogged this from douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings
  8. rapcat reblogged this from douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings and added:
    Nothing in the NPR quote said the HR people were complaining. And how does being in human resources keep you from being...
  9. douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings reblogged this from rapcat and added:
    I highly doubt this would be an issue with human resources if the parents calling in, weren’t parents of able bodied...
  10. queennubian reblogged this from thecranium
  11. jnicole22 reblogged this from str8nochaser
  12. rapcat reblogged this from douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings and added:
    This reeks of ableism. ”If your kids can’t speak for themselves, coherently, and with professionalism” there’s a...
  13. douglass-forgot-the-chitterlings reblogged this from str8nochaser and added:
    I would be embarrassed as eighteen fucks if I weren’t able to stand on my own two feet and contest anything I felt was...
  14. motionsensorsoundtrack reblogged this from shorterexcerpts and added:
    Hahahahaaaa. What? Hahahahaa.
  15. a-ra reblogged this from str8nochaser and added:
    What we are seeing is...what’s failing...the United States,...
  16. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from haveabananana and added:
    I’ve heard tales of this (and not just Boomer parents) for years but never any first- or even second-hand examples....
  17. haveabananana reblogged this from mercurypdx
  18. str8nochaser reblogged this from mercurypdx and added:
    This stems from the bullshit of parents not taking their children to task when they perform poorly in school. Its like...
  19. mercurypdx reblogged this from meow-sense and added:
    ON THE NEXT MAURY…
  20. meow-sense reblogged this from thecranium and added:
    I complain about my parents being too involved in my life, but they would never pull this shit.
  21. seejanerum reblogged this from novazembla and added:
    not immediately fired?
  22. novazembla reblogged this from thecranium and added:
    I won’t lie, my mother has gone to bat for me with Fin Aid departments, but I would never, never let her anywhere near...
  23. queenieinmanhattan said: I bet my aunt would do this. She arranges her grown, married daughters’ doctor’s appointments.
  24. thecranium posted this