[Nowhere Man]

I really don't find it a bad thing at all as long as the adult kids are doing their share of the chores and/or dropping a few shekels into the pot. I know this is common in Europe and elsewhere in the world, in fact, my dentist, he's of Chinese ancestry, he's in his 30's and still lives at home. I think this was more common here in America that is until after World War II up until the 1970's maybe where the kids did move out and get apartments and then homes when the post-war economy really boomed. Just look at the "Waltons" on TV, it was common to have more than one generation under the same roof. Now with outsourcing and our job losses and the loss of our prosperity, we are seeing what life was like prior to the post World War II boom.

If you want a good look at life before the World War II boom, read "Susan Lenox - Her Rise and Fall" by David Graham Phillips (1908, released in 1917) where most of the time, adult children stayed at home until, hopefully, they can make it on their own, due to the lower wages then, doubly so if you were a single woman. I think the 1945-75 period of economic prosperity in America was unique and we might see things and do things like we did back in our past again. Another piece of literature in a similar vein seems to be Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" (1900).

I pinged A. Pole and Willie Green since this subject does lead to our economy and the problems we are seeing with it.

[A. Pole]

I know this is common in Europe and elsewhere in the world, in fact, my dentist, he's of Chinese ancestry, he's in his 30's and still lives at home.

This a normal human arrangement. Children when they grow up they become the heads of the household and their old parents "live at home".

That way the old parents/grandparents have place to stay and well deserved support while they contribute to the care for grandchildren. Nothing more normal! Sooner this age-long and correct custom is restored the better.