Category: supporting adult children
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When grown children–college age and just beyond–come home for the summer, parents are not dealing with full-blown and mature adults. Their kids are “emerging adults.”
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As a generation, we are more generous with our 20-somethings than our parents were with us. In so doing, we’re in lock-step with an emerging trend that recognizes the early 20s as “emerging adulthood,” a stage in development that comes right after adolescence.
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They are home from college, ready but not-so-wiling to start their “new life.” It’s frustrating to be their parent but a recent article suggests there’s a reason wny 20-something’s are not ready to take on the responsibilities we did at their age.
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Our children grow up and are financially independent. It’s OK to let them treat you to something special. It sends an unwelcome message if you always pick up the bill.
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There are macroeconomic implications when a grown child moves in with his parents.
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New Yorker commentary–visual and written–on college graduates who move back home.
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Seven tips to improving an unhappy relationship with your grown child.
