One of the big three ways in which parents help their adult children is by providing them with a roof over their heads: the parent’s own roof. In the past 20 years in Canada, the percent of adult children (20 to 24 years old) living at home has gone from 41 percent to 57 percent.
The same study that came up with those figures also found that 64 percent of parents who live with adult children report high satisfaction with life. Only 49 percent of parents who live with no adult child at home reported the same sense of satisfaction.
Another point the study makes: Living with adult children means the continuation of conflicts over money, children, house chores and responsibilities–until the kids move out.
But they do move out. Few parents reported living with children who are in their 30s. But that may change as the economy sinks.
The reason parents are giving their young adult kids aid and comfort? "Today’s young adults are more likely to need their parent’s support for longer periods of time," the report said.
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