PenPenWrites

Most of the stuff I read on kids moving back home with their parents focuses on the challenges for the parents: The loss of privacy; the need to share personal space; the noise level that seems to keep rising; the questions over who pays for what. I could go on–and you can read all about it in some previous posts. Recently, I came across a Baby Boomer Grandparent blog that had some insight in what it was like for the grown kids to live with their parents in their parent's home. IN this case, the grown children, who had moved home [due to financial difficulties] and finally moved on, out and into a neighboring house.

Here's an excerpt:

"It’s moving day again!  Six months have passed since our son and his family [three small children] have moved in with us.  …. After their first week in their “new” house, I saw the immediate change in my daughter-in-law.  She was calmer and for the first time in months didn’t feel it was necessary to tell the kids to be quiet.  I gave her a hug and thanked her for being such a great house guest all those months.

Six months have passed and although my son still doesn’t have a full time job, my daughter-in-law was called back to her full time job and he took her part time one.  They have settled into the house and are considering buying it soon."