[Hemingway's Ghost]

What a bunch of pride-challenged losers in this story. There's no doubt about it: if you go to college, graduate, and then move back home with mommy and daddy, you are a loser. Howie Carr (AM 680, Boston) used to dedicate whole segments of his show to railing on these parasites.

[mewzilla]

Guess it depends on the parents and kids. Mr. Mew comes from a family where the kids often take care of the elders. And you could have three generations living in the same house. Worked for them.

[Dosa26]

There's no doubt about it: if you go to college, graduate, and then move back home with mommy and daddy, you are a loser

Why? My parents made time for me. My father worked 60 hours a week when I was growing up and he still took me fishing trapping and hunting. Now I'm graduated worked 8 years at a multinational invested in income properties and I'm effectively retired at 29. Now my mother doesn't have to cook nearly as much (I do) and my retired father has some one to fish, hunt and trap with, his retired son. I haven't move back in yet but live nearby and am considering it.