Last week we talked about reasons twentysomethings don’t need to be afraid to live at home for a few years before they launch their careers. Now we’ll to look at the other side of the coin, at long-suffering parents who aren’t happy that their grown children still live with them. [More]
boomerang kids
Why You Don't Need To Be Ashamed Of Moving Back In With Your Parents
By 3.30.12
Few are proud to carry the stigma of a “boomerang kid” — someone who moves back in with their parents after failing to make ends meet on their own. But the move makes a lot of financial sense, and could serve as a springboard that can get boomerang kids off to a flying start when they head back out into the cruel world. [More]
The Benefits Of Being A Boomerang Kid
By 11.18.11
It used to be OK to mock adults in their 20s and 30s who went back to live with their parents after that whole living-on-their-own thing didn’t work out so well. But because the brutal job market has no doubt made the situation more common, these days the act of boomeranging back home is a dead-serious survival maneuver rather than a sign of arrested development. [More]
