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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]100 years ago, it was really common for kids to live at home until they were married, which sometimes meant until their parents died if they never married.  One difference is that those children were expected to contribute to the household, both financially and through work around the house (cooking, cleaning, repairs, etc.).  I don't have a problem with young people living with their parents, so long as they are being adult about it and contributing to the household -- that seems to me just a cultural choice, rather than a failure to become an adult.  Free-riding is a problem.[/quote]

Lol. I don’t think this thread is about productive adults living at home after college. [/quote]

But even if they are productive - or especially if the’re productive - shouldn’t they want to live independently?  Isn’t there something awry there too?[/quote]
Eh. I think it depends. My kid graduated from college in May and is living at home for the next year because she wants to save up money for grad school (currently in the process of applying to schools and will enter in fall of 2020) - every $ she can save up now is $ she won't have to pay back later as a student loan with interest. That's just financially sensible, IMO. No sense in her pissing away rent for the next year just for the sake of "independence". Now, if my kid moved back home without a concrete reason and timeline of when they'd leave, I'd be more wary. [/quote]
This is not at all what is meant by failure to launch.[/quote]

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