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The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne, concluded that the changing nature of family living situations often led to avoidable conflict. Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke and Katherine Burn, from the University's Faculty of Medicine, Health and Dentistry Sciences, examined both 'boomerang kids' (those who return home) and 'failure to launch' kids (those who never left).
The project reviewed 20 studies involving 20 million people worldwide was published in Maturitas. The research shows:
The shifting economic climate and changes in social norms were driving the phenomenon of kids staying at home for longer.
The main reasons for young adults choosing to remain at home were for stability and additional support while they transition to university or employment.
Divorce, unemployment and health problems often led to children returning. This return under negative circumstances can heavily impact on the wellbeing of everyone in the household.
Parents who are well-educated, married and well-off tend to have children who stay home longer, whereas children who grow up in households with a single parent, or step-parent, or didn't finish high school, tend to leave early.
http://phys.org/news/2015-11-young-adults-boomerang-home.html
[Also Covered By]: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/uom-mya111115.php
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DutchUncle on Friday November 13 2015, @03:27PM
Or, they grow up desperate to leave, or with bad relationships, rather than being comfortable with sharing space (both emotionally and physically). Being forced into self-reliance too early is not necessarily good - for example my mother didn't leave her single-parent home, she stayed in the same apartment while my GRANDmother left to a state where my grandfather's abandonment was grounds for divorce. OTOH having familial support through education and job start does not necessarily mean people are sniveling little pussies. I'm sure you can show bad examples of overcoddling - I know some too - but "sending people out well equipped and provisioned" sounds like a reasonable goal.
(Score: 4, Informative) by SanityCheck on Friday November 13 2015, @03:57PM
I must side with you over GP. I too left at a young age, even thou I was far from ready because of difficult home life. The issues here are far from one-dimensional. They are very complex.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @05:37PM
It sounds like the GP is bitter and probably never calls his parents, I've noticed this trend among those who "got kicked out or fled at 18" and usually their parents were rather abusing as well. They also tended not to amount to much in the long run either, while those who got to stay home for longer went on to be highly educated with well paying jobs or their own businesses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @08:48PM
I've noticed this trend
Please come up with evidence, not anecdotes.
their parents were rather abusing
Bad people exist in the world, and they might be your parents, and its not your fault if they are.
while those who got to stay home for longer went on to be highly educated with well paying jobs or their own businesses
Ok, here's my anecdote:
I know people who stayed at home longer who did not get higher education, no skills and started businesses with their parents' money that failed.