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VIDEOWhen Generations Collide
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Laurie Petersen May 15, 2009 8:00 pm
Perils of moving back in with your parents
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I lived at my parents’ house for six months after graduation from college and the only reason I think it worked is that I put in long hours as an old-school newspaper reporter and our paths barely crossed.
Still, extended families living under one roof are back in a big way.
Grandma Robinson’s moved into the White House to help care for the Obama girls. On the flip side of the financial spectrum, data mounts that economic conditions are prompting a rise in multi-generational households where the boomerang child is well past the age of new college grad.
AARP recently reported an uptick in the number of people between ages 35 and 44 who are living in their parents’ home. And 12.5 percent of respondents to a grandparents.com survey reported living in the same home as their grandchildren. Half of these said the economic need of their adult children was the driving factor.
The New York Times this week described such homecomings using the old adage that after 3 days both houseguests and fish begin to stink.
Among the points of tension cited when adult children move back home: “old expectations and patterns of behavior, new partners and economic realities, and an endless series of conflicting individual needs.”
Tell me about it.
My housekeeping and parenting styles are at odds with those of my mom and dad. A sleepover at Grandma’s is a special treat for my daughter providing an opportunity for the pass-along of family history and traditions. But it has much less influence than full-time residence ever would.
To me, knowing I could go back to live with my parents if the bottom fell out is an option that’s comforting to have, but it would be the solution of last resort.
From a purely practical standpoint, there’s only one bathroom.
What pointers do you have for new multi-generational families living under one roof? Weigh in on The Exchange.
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