Is this article implying that previous generations did not have assistance from family? Were families too poor to help in previous generations, but now are better off? I'm a bit confused on the take-away here. Instead this reads as a smug piece about how lucky some families are to enable their children to live better lives. The article isn't even framed as a matter of them being lucky or not. It's as if we're supposed to feel bad that these people aren't making enough to support themselves.

I certainly didn't have any help from my parents. So hearing that my peers did during all the pivotal moments in their lives certainly feels heavy.