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posted by martyb on Friday November 13 2015, @02:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the mom's-basement dept.

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


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by slinches on Friday November 13 2015, @05:25PM

    by slinches (5049) on Friday November 13 2015, @05:25PM (#262757)

    While agree that staying at home part way through college or returning briefly isn't necessarily a sign of weakness, jumping straight from your childhood home into starting your own family skips an important developmental step. I think everyone should live on their own for at least a short time (even just 6 months is probably enough). Living without others around and having the freedom of complete autonomy, but the responsibility to do everything for yourself exposes a lot bad habits that you might not realize you had otherwise. Then you can go back into shared living arrangements with a better appreciation of what you're getting out of the deal and what you're giving up.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @09:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 13 2015, @09:01PM (#262833)

    Living without others around and having the freedom of complete autonomy

    Many people will never want to have others around after they're spoiled by autonomy and freedom.