I’m at the age where a lot of my contemporaries have children just starting out, and despite every economic indication coming out of Hollywood, a lot of them want to work in show business. Every now and then, since I have been a writer and showrunner, I’m asked by friends if I’ll talk to their children about career possibilities in the entertainment industry. 

Actually, I’ve been at that age for nearly a decade. Most of my friends started families in their early 30s, which means the children we celebrated and cheered years ago during soccer and Little League games, the children who forced us to sit through productions of Pippin and worse (if there is worse), and the children we sent graduation presents to — well, they’re in their late 20s now. Some are even in their early 30s. And a lot of them — maybe even most of them — are living at home, taking money from their parents.