[gorush]

A degree in education...that’s were all of the really smart kids go. (</ sarc >)

[freedumb2003]

>>“I’ve read 23 or 24 is the new 18, because of the way we’ve been raised. My generation isn’t willing to settle, which is probably why a lot of us are still unemployed,” he says, laughing.<<

That is the problem in a nutshell. Way to go parents — you taught your kids that self-esteem is more important than self-respect. The chickens are literally coming home to roost.

[ronnie raygun]

A generated crisis called a recession.

[ladyjane]

They allowed me to save up money, not having to pay rent and utilities,

What kind of selfish creep doesn't pay rent when they move back in with their parents?

[Popman]

Living proof here.......I have two sons that moved back home..... Both lost decent jobs and now work crap jobs and can’t make on their own anymore

[goseminoles]

The reccession is hitting hardest is because we can’t receive benefits. We end up homeless..

[tflabo]

Vote for the Dems? Suffer from the Dems! Too bad the majority of young people fell for all that OBoZo change mantra bamboozlings.

[A_perfect_lady]

They sure do gloss over the fact that young women are much less likely to move back, and that quick toss-off of "they marry earlier" isn't it. I'll tell you what it is: mothers spoil sons but nag daughters. Most women have a pretty tense relationship with their moms during that 18-24 age bracket. Moving back, for a daughter, doesn't mean free laundry service from an adoring mother. It means nagging, warfare, stress, demands, insults... it's a misery. I love my mom but I'd have to be pretty desperate to move back. For men, though, it's a sweeter deal.

Okay, everyone go ahead and jump on me and tell me how your family is nothing like that, nor anyone you've ever known, ever.

[jessduntno]

If my son came to me at the age of 25 and told me he wanted to live in the basement I’d kick his ass and wish him luck finding a homeless shelter.

[dog breath]

Depends on how hard they want to be independent, I have cleaned, unloaded trucks delivered papers, worked 2 or 3 jobs between better paying jobs, you don’t need the perfect job. My son who could of qualified for some government disability if he wished, lives on his own working a night shift rather then mooch off others or his parents. A student will often be dependent on their parents but beyond school it is choice. It is nice that families are close enough to open their doors when needed but at some point it becomes the building of weakness rather then strength.

[marsh2]

Mine is renting some of the lower floor of my house. Because he was in the builing trades, he lost his house, truck and job when the housing market crashed in CA Central Valley. Thank goodness he’s single. He got a local job, but the pay is terrible. He is gradually recovering. My son-in-law, also in construction, had to take a job with a 2 hour commute at half the pay. They have three kids.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Just fresh out of college and you don’t have a new car, $800,000 house furnished with the latest and greatest, money for European vacations and winter cruises, etc.? Woe is you. Better move in with Mommy and Daddy and hope they die early so you can obtain the life style that you so richly deserve because you were born and are sucking air.

[tbw2]

I wonder to what degree the difference of men living at home versus women is the ability of single women with kids to get a government subsidized apartment, which single men cannot.

[MinuteGal]

Someday, some of the hard-noses here will be old, sick and lame.....and will be praying one of their adult children will take them in.

Leni