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April 26, 2009 "Back Home to Roost"
According to 2008 Census figures, 20 million people ages 18 to 34 live at home with their parents -- 30 percent of that age group. Researchers for the Network on Transitions to Adulthood, a group financed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, found that since the 1970s, the number of twentysomethings living with their parents has increased by 50 percent. Of those who moved out of the house by age 22, 16 percent returned home before they hit 35, the researchers found.
Almost half of June 2008's college graduates had planned to move home after graduation, according to a survey by the employment Web site Monster.com.
David A. Morrison, president and founder of Twentysomething Inc., a consulting firm that researches young adults, said the last time he noticed this phenomenon was during the recession that hit the country in 2001. But the severity of this economic downturn has forced children of all age groups, single or married, back home, he said.
This is a good trend . For too long Americans have been almost stubbornly against the traditions of the extended family (that other cultures have always nurtured & valued)
This is a good trend . For too long Americans have been almost stubbornly against the traditions of the extended family (that other cultures have always nurtured & valued)
So college graduates should be mocked, not applauded for their achievements, and even more so because they choose to be with family afterwords? What a joke of a thread.
So college graduates should be mocked, not applauded for their achievements, and even more so because they choose to be with family afterwords? What a joke of a thread.
I'm quite certain that, at least for the time being, they are not wishing to move back in with parents. Parents may restrict their movements, prohibit doobie lighting and cool off the potential for any would-be s*x partner.
This is a good trend . For too long Americans have been almost stubbornly against the traditions of the extended family (that other cultures have always nurtured & valued)
When its being done due to a lack of choice, its not positive.. Do you really think its "quality" time? Parents are out working 2-3 jobs while the college educated kids sit at home and play Playstation all day because there is nothing else to do and they have no money to go out.. Yeah, good trend.. Whats next?
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Originally Posted by TempesT68
So college graduates should be mocked, not applauded for their achievements, and even more so because they choose to be with family afterwords? What a joke of a thread.
yeah, they CHOOSE to either move home, or live in the streets because they cant find a job to suppor themself. The joke is you thinking that is positive.
No wonder stories like these are becoming more and more frequent:
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Mesa police said a man shot and killed his father during a family argument Monday evening then apparently tried to kill himself. Beth Farinacci told officers that she and her husband, Jeffrey, got into an argument with their 21-year-old son, Aaron, about him doing the dishes.
Daniel Dighton, 35, stabbed his father, Barry, four times and his mother, Elizabeth, 20 times when they came home from a shopping trip in September last year. The accused was frustrated with his parents’ attempts to help him get a job and move out of the family home
Son Kills Parents During Argument About His Laziness (http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/international/son-kills-parents-during-argument-about-his-laziness-20101013-ncx - broken link)
btw, lets not even discuss how more people living together and not moving out is crushing the real estate markets..
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