The "You better call your Parents" generation

Today i went with Chirs and Brian to the Verizon Store so Brian could get a new phone because his got broken last night. When we were in the store talking with the Verizon lady, brian mentioned how he was spending all of his money except for 15 dollars on an new phone and he will only have 15 dollars to last him the next two weeks. The first words out of the ladies mouth ( who was in her 20s) were you better be calling your parents. When she said that it hit me hard and i realized how our generation is all about calling our parents for money. Money doesn't grow on trees but our parents know where to get it and we know that we can get it from them. It is so true. So many friends that i have (including myself) go to there parents to get money and our parents give it to them. the most common way that we justify it is it can be a early christmas present or birthday present. who even said we get gifts this year. i was just amazed how our generation depends so much on our parents for money. What will we do when our parents are no longer with us?