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Posts Tagged ‘boomerang kids’

“How to Cut Your Kids Off”: Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Ken Kaye

The Wall Street Journal’s “Wallet” section notes,
In addition to moving back home with the folks, some adult children are relying more and more on their parents for financial support–a situation that can put added stress on already weakened retirement accounts and strained family budgets.

The short piece, illustrated with a boomerang, recommends sitting down with them [...]

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When Adult Kids Move Home

Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Ken Kaye

“If you’re going to let a young adult move home, then you should at least have some rules about what’s what. Blog post by Gail Vaz-Oxlade.

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Caught in the Safety Net

Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Attn:Money

Joyce Wadler writes in the New York Times (May 14): “When hard economic times force adults to move back into their parents’ homes, the move is rarely without tensions.”
Wadler’s article includes interviews with numerous individuals and couples well into their 30s, some with young children.
According to the Census Bureau, as of last year there were [...]

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