[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[AD from SpringBay]

Woe unto me if I, at 52, have not enough common sense than to ‘have to’ move back in with my parents because of financial reasons.

[ClearCase_guy]

It appears that some members of the Baby Boom have led irresponsible lives and expect that other people (including, still, Mummy and Daddy) to pick up the pieces for them.

Is this indicative of a weak economy? Or of individuals who have never grasped the importance of personal responsibility?

[Sterco]

Maybe she could move in a house with about fifteen other people. They could use the bedrooms in shifts. Getting paid under the table at less than minimum wage would help also. Medicine of course would be free courtesy of the local emergency room. Always somebody ready to employ those willing to work for less. Real hard to compete with someone willing to live this way for a job that doesn’t even pay a living wage.

[Caipirabob]

I'm not seeing this as much different than the traditional family model for thousands of years...It's only in modern American society where we've experienced the wealth to expand beyond those family ties.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

She figures her parents spend about $1,000 a month on her, including a car payment, car and health insurance, school and other costs. Her father is a retired nuclear physicist and her mother, a guidance counselor, will retire this spring. Now Maggiore is looking for work so she can supplement their income.

Oops.

[Farmer Dean]

If you allow an adult child to move back in,at least make them pay their own way.For crying out loud-it’s never too late to at least attempt to teach some personal responsibility.

[CindyDawg]

I guess it depends on the circumstances. Until the last generation or two, extended families were common and a good thing, if everyone pulled their weight. This is the negative side but I’m sure there are many parents and grown kids with kids living together comfortably.

[the invisib1e hand]

ap.

since when is <5% unemployment a "weak economy?"

[driftless2]

I noticed in the article that a number of the people who lost their jobs had jobs as planners, publicists, etc. I would like them to know that close to my home is a chicken-processing plant where they are happily taking applications for new employees. The same area has a large furniture factory that frequently advertises for workers.

It's not pleasant losing a job, I've been there, but there are jobs that one can "lower" themselves to. Not everyone is cut out to be a planner.