<p>I keep reading these articles in the NY Times about the next generation and how their parents are still paying their phone bills and rent if they are on their own, or doing their laundry (!!), buying them cars, etc. When is the cord cut? I have a couple of friends who’re complaining about how expensive it is to have a 20-something out in the world. (??) They don’t want to share an apartment with anybody else (let alone a bedroom, God forbid)…well, yes, that WOULD be expensive.</p>