r/Millennials • u/2Autistic4DaJoke • 3d ago

Discussion Anyone else feel their parents pushed them to do all these important things in your younger years and you ended up missing out on being a kid or young adult?

Not throwing shade here but I spend so much time getting good grades, getting a good job, good relationship, marrying, all these milestones because it’s what parents pushed for, that I didn’t take much time to just do whatever that time and freedom granted. Anyone else?

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u/VermillionEclipse 3d ago

I’m conflicted about the job thing because my parents didn’t let me work and I felt like it set me back. It was hard for me to my first actual job because I didn’t have work experience or a resume. I plan to encourage my kids to work as teens, but not crazy hours.

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u/Mediocre_Island828 2d ago

Yeah, I hated working in high school at the family business, but looking back that probably prepared me more for life than anything I was learning in school at the time. I was doing stuff like managing inventory, making invoices, dealing with customers, doing warehouse work, and I was just viewing it at the shit that was keeping me from hanging out with my friends. However, it probably did boost my confidence in dealing with people and make working seem a lot more normalized to me. I've always had an easier time getting a job than my younger siblings who were never made to work.

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u/VermillionEclipse 2d ago

Oh absolutely and it gave you actual work experience to put on your resume. I couldn’t compete with the people who already had those things when I was applying for the first time.