Adult Children Living At Home: How Clinging to Mommy and Daddy Is Ruining a Generation

[superfan1]

As children grow up and venture out into the world, the transition from a bustling household to an empty one can be difficult - so, why not skip it all together?

Comments

[kyakki]

Plus, there are plenty of people who could live alone, but remain with their parents to help them. I get that this is not common with every culture, but for others it is and it does not equal inferior. Get over it.

I also hate the title of this article - as if Gen X/Y is at fault for the politics and policies in US society that pretty much led to the circumstances that caused them to need to rely more on their parents or grandparents. You know - the people actually old enough to have really helped shape how things are now.

Unless you seriously believe that people who were anywhere from just leaving diapers to just entering college in the 80's and onwards were actually the ones with majority (or any) power, I guess. FYI, those commercials of babies managing stock accounts and other adult matters are not meant to be taken seriously.

[zombieroadtrip]

I also hate the title of this article - as if Gen X/Y is at fault for the politics and policies in US society that pretty much led to the circumstances that caused them to need to rely more on their parents or grandparents. You know - the people actually old enough to have really helped shape how things are now.

But "KIDS TODAY!" *shakes fist*

[kyakki]

"YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN, THE KIND YOU MAY NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO OWN!"

[marrasyn]

A+

[ladypolitik]

Plus, there are plenty of people who could live alone, but remain with their parents to help them. I get that this is not common with every culture

Definitely very common where I am (Toronto/Brampton) throughout various cultures, in fact.

[kaowolfie]

My husband lived with his mom until a couple months before we got married, since his dad's a long haul trucker and isn't home most of the week, and she was recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery from a few years ago. Yes, it takes *several years* to fully recover from that crap - and it was a nightmare. If he hadn't been living at home, it would have been worse. I similarly lived at home and helped care for my dad while he was having other health problems, to take some load off my mom.

On the plus side, he still managed his money like he had to pay rent and power, so we were able to buy a house and have some savings for emergencies. We're both grateful to his folks for that.

[thepuddingcook]

I don't understand how we can be to blame for something that was basically done to us--the selfishness and greed of a few fucking over the young and the many.

[liret]

Yeah, the article is actually a lot more reasonable then I expected, and seems to understand that for many people this is a financial necessity and not a result of immaturity. But the title is awful.

[roseofjuly]

This. It'd be nice to be able to afford to buy a house and a car and set up shop on a fresh-out salary in your early 20s, but unfortunately our parents and grandparents ruined that for us, so...

[damnthatrogue]

Plus, there are plenty of people who could live alone, but remain with their parents to help them.

If I didn't live at home, dad would've burned the house down and, considering his age, likely died when he boiled a pan on the stove without the water inside it - or the water had evaporated. IDFK. I've even caught him going out and forgetting to lock the back door on occasion.

So yes. I'm fucking GLAD I live at home.