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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in an affluent area and I’m shocked at the number of adult kids living at home not doing much. One mom told me not to let our kids move back home or they will never leave. I have multiple neighbors with college grad children who seem to be unemployed or quit their job to come back home.

How do we prevent kids from failing to launch?

We live a very comfortable life. I could see my kids wanting to come back home, which I honestly love the idea of but not at the expense of the kids not working and becoming functional adults.[/quote]

I don’t know but I also see this all the time in my UMC neighborhood. I would feel ashamed and like I didn’t raise my children well if they were to move back home as young adults! [b]Not sure why it’s become socially acceptable now….[/b].[/quote]

Because housing has gotten crazy expensive, lots of students had to move home during COVID and found it was ok, and I think generally today's parents/20-somethings tend to not have as big of a generation gap as earlier generations. Multiple generations living together has long, long been the norm for families. The everyone-on-their-own as soon as possible is really an aberration. My siblings and I all bounced between independence and living with parents for short stretches in our 20s as we established our lives. We're all close and doing well in our independent lives. And 83 yr old mom now lives with my sister and her 21 yr old son, continuing the multigenerational living.  [/quote]

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