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Shots from my appearance on CTV
Last week, I was a guest on CTV News Network’s Pattie Lovett-Reid Show (a nation-wide Canadian broadcast). Pattie and I talked about how parents can help adult kids achieve financial independence and...
View ArticleAdult children living at home: It’s not all bad!
Wowza. I just read an article from The Winnipeg Free Press that begins with the following paragraph: Accumulating statistics show today’s mollycoddled kids prefer the comforting velvet-cushion homespun...
View ArticleW Network looking for adult children living at home
W Network’s new reality show “The Audience” is looking for adult children living at home (or their parents) who are at a crossroads and need some advice. They’re also looking for people who would like...
View ArticleA last resort: Filing for bankruptcy after supporting your adult children
I am a firm believer that parents should never, ever, ever (is that clear enough) take on debt to support their adult children. It does not make financial sense for a generation nearing the end of its...
View ArticleNYC tri-state area TV show looking for a boomerang family
“Money Matters With Jean Chatzky,” a TV show on RL-TV, is doing a story on boomerang kids. They are looking for parents in the NYC tri-state area who would like to discuss their experience having...
View Article1.7 million boomerang kids in the UK
A report published in the UK by housing charity Shelter shows that 1.7 million people aged 20 to 40 are living with their parents because they can’t afford their own home. What’s worse is that 40% of...
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Infographics: Plummeting youth employment in Canada
These infographic from The Globe and Mail show two things. First the huge drop in employment for young people aged 15-24 over the last five years. And second, how the average cost of housing compares...
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Voices of young people struggling to find meaningful employment
Several weeks ago, The Globe and Mail ran an excellent piece about the challenges Canadian young people are facing as they try to get established in the careers. As part of that story, they created an...
View ArticleEmotional Challenges when Adult Kids Live at Home
There’s something important going on in the homes where adult children live at home, and it’s something parents often don’t want to talk about. It’s the conflicted feelings many parents feel about...
View ArticleThe New Normal?
I do a lot of reading about adult children living at home. In the last little while, I’ve seen more and more journalists referring to the phenomenon of adult kids living at home in their twenties and...
View ArticleMom: The laundry is not your job.
Tide has a new commercial showing the parents of adult triplets — who have all moved back home — doing those triplets’ laundry. I understand that Tide thought this was a cute play on their previous...
View ArticleDisturbing facts about parents meddling in the job search
Recently, I’ve seen some disturbing survey findings about what adult children and their parents think is appropriate in terms of parental help in the job hunt. From research done by Gary Insch, Joyce...
View ArticleAiring Tonight on CBC: Generation Jobless
In 2011, I appeared in the documentary Generation Boomerang about, well, the boomerang generation. Tonight, the makers of that film are premiering their new documentary — Generation Jobless — on CBC’s...
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Infographic: American saving and spending habits
I wanted to share this excellent infographic from BillShrink.com. It provides a great look at Americans’ spending and saving habits, along with some thoughts on why it’s become so easy to spend and so...
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Infographic: Delayed path to adulthood
Check out this great infographic from CBC’s Doc Zone to go with their documentary Generation Jobless. It shows some of the challenges young people face today as they make their way through university...
View ArticleW Network Show Looking for Canadian Boomerang Family that Needs Help
Force Four Entertainment, W Network, and The Audience are looking for families or individuals that are faced with a dilemma, are having a difficult time with the decision, are looking for some advice,...
View ArticleOn the difficulties finding work in today’s economy: Two perspectives
In his personal finance column a couple of weeks ago, Globe and Mail columnist Rob Carrick referenced a letter he published about a year ago. The letter was from a 29-year-old who had a lot to say...
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A chat with Claudia Lonow, creator of “How to Live With Your Parents (For the...
Yesterday, I got to chat with Claufia Lonow, creator of “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life),” a new ABC series starring Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, and Brad Garrett. We were...
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Canadian contest offers a prize package to get kids out of the nest
Well, here’s something interesting. I should start by saying that AdultChildrenLivingatHome.com has no affiliation with this contest whatsoever — I just thought it was something you all would want to...
View ArticleAdult kids reaping the digital benefits of living at home — even after they...
Here’s an interesting new stat for you: More than 40% of parents pay the cell phone bills for their adult kids aged 18 to 35. Twenty-nine percent of them do so even after the adult child has moved away...
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