My son still lives at home, but he bought a house to fix up a year ago and expects to be done this summer.
My youngest daughter lives with her in laws. Their rent was going up dramatically when their lease renewed and she said nope and moved in with her hub’s parents. They hope to buy a house this coming year. She works in banking and has all her ducks in a row and is just biding her time for the market correction.
My other two live independently, have stem degrees and good jobs.
I laughed at the headline because it’s perfectly accurate. But I don’t see it as a negative social metric, even if it’s a negative economic metric.
It’s great that so many young people have families that they can count on. It’s better than the alternative.
“It’s great that so many young people have families that they can count on. It’s better than the alternative.”
We have a Foster Son that’s in his 40’s and STILL needs help once in a while. I don’t mind that, as he’s always accountable for what he’s doing with the money we lend him and he manages to pay us back, most of the time.
(No drug and alcohol problems; he has some mental health and physical issues he deals with. He had a horrific childhood; IMHO his ‘parents’ should be in prison!)
That said, it would take an Act of God for me to allow him to come live with us. ;)