Adult Children Living at Home

Video: How to kick your adult kids out of the nest

Christina — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:38:45 +0000

There’s one question I’m often asked that I don’t really like to answer: How do I kick my adult kids out of the house. I don’t like to answer this question because my approach is about making the situation for families with adult children living at home work — not giving up and kicking the kids out. That said, I know sometimes it gets to a point where you really need to take action. So, in this video, I finally address this question. But keep in mind that the best course of action is to avoid getting to the point where you feel like you need to kick the kids out, which you can do by planning their stay well, being open in your communication, and signing a contract with each other that lays out the rules of there stay. With all that said, here’s the answer to how to get your adult children to leave home.

Kids at home? Do they think they’re part of the “entitlement generation”?

Christina — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:22:44 +0000

Notable.ca, a site targeting young professionals in Canada, is running a survey asking members of “Gen X and Y” (though I suspect they expect to hear from Gen Y and the Millennials… Gen X is now into their 40s and even 50s) how they feel about being labelled the “entitlement generation,” including some questions that seem designed to tease out whether respondents actually engage in the behaviors typically mocked or scorned by columnists (and worried about by parents). If you’ve got adult kids at home, they might want to check out the survey at http://www.notable.ca/yp-life/Notableca-Survey-Are-we-the-Entitled-Generation/

Major cable network looking for married couples living with their parents

Christina — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:11:50 +0000

The Casting Firm and a major cable network are looking for families with married couples and their parents currently living in the same house for a new TV show.

Whatever the situation may be, if you find yourself residing in the same house with your spouse AND your parents (or if you’re a parent living with your married child), then they want to hear from you. If you fit this description and have a big personality and great story, please e-mail The Casting Firm at CASTINGS@THECASTINGFIRM.COM

In your e-mail, include family photos along with the names and ages of each family member living at home, as well as a brief description of the family dynamic. Write “Family Project” along with your last name and the city and state that you reside in the subject line of your email, and please make sure to include a contact number with your submission.

Families will be compensated for their time. All participants must be legal U.S. residents.

Please note that AdultChildrenLivingatHome.com is not associated with this production, so please do not send inquiries or casting submissions to AdultChildrenLivingatHome.com. Contact The Casting Firm directly at CASTINGS@THECASTINGFIRM.COM.

Video: Adult kids coming home for the holidays? Set expectations in advance.

Christina — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:48:17 +0000

40% of non-student adults 18-39 living (or recently lived) at home

Christina — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:37:27 +0000

Various agencies and surveys tend to present the numbers differently, but they all convey the same message: More and more adult children are living at home. This is one statistic I find especially significant: According to a poll for the National Endowment for Financial Education conducted by Harris Interactive, 40% of American adults aged 18 – 39 either live at home or have done so in the recent past. That’s a shocking figure, partly because it goes all the way up to age 39, and partly because it specifically excludes students.

The same survey finds that adult children are having a financial impact on their parents, which is no surprise. What’s scary is that 26% of the parents with adult children living at home have taken on debt to support their kids, and 7% have delayed retirement.

Watch Generation Boomerang online

Christina — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:42:15 +0000

If you missed Generation Boomerang last night on CBC, you can watch it online at http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/Doc_Zone/1242299559/ID=2166409510.

You can also read the transcript of an interesting live chat with the producers of the documentary from earlier this morning at http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/11/09/generation-boomerang-join-our-live-chat-friday/

Some good insight and interesting things for parents to think about!

Generation Boomerang airs tonight on CBC

Christina — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:34:00 +0000

If you have adult children living at home and you’re living in Canada, you’ll want to check out Generation Boomerang tonight at 9 p.m. on CBC’s Doc Zone. You can find loads of information about the program at http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/generation-boomerang.html

I spent a day talking with filmmakers Sharon Bartlett and Maria LeRose of DreamFilm Productions about this increasing trend, and you can see parts of our discussion in the documentary. Here are some images from my day filming with the DreamFilm crew:

“Don’t blame us… you raised us”

Christina — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:24:11 +0000

Wow. Just… wow. I came across a facebook page today called “Stop complaining about our generation… Your generation raised us.” It has more than 895,000 likes. The very first post on the wall is “Your [sic] the ones to blame… Not us. Seriously.”

I just don’t even know what to say about this!

Adult children living at home after their parents are retired

Christina — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:45:11 +0000

A new report from TD Canada Trust shows that adult children living at home may be interfering with their parents’ retirement plans — because those adult children will still be living with Mom and Dad after the parents have retired.

The TD Canada Trust Boomer Buyers Report shows that 17% of baby boomers who plan to downsize are delaying selling the family home because they still have adult children living at home. Of those, 12% say they will likely still have adult children living with them after they have retired.

These numbers illustrate one of the important points I try to make when talking about why adult children should always make a financial contribution to the household, and why it’s important to create a family budget. While it may seem like it’s “free” for parents to let their children live at home, it simply is not. In this case, parents who would otherwise be lowering their living expenses and freeing up equity from the family home are delaying doing so in order to house their adult children. This is a real, and significant, cost.

This report also raises an important question: Does it make sense for boomers who have retired and are living on pensions or retirement savings to continue to support their adult children, who are in their prime earning years?

New York TV news organization looking for a family with boomerang kids

Christina — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:36:15 +0000

A New York-based TV news organization is looking for a family with college grads who have moved back home. They’d like to speak on camera to both the parents and the grad(s) about their experiences living in this new situation. If you’re willing to be interviewed on camera for a major TV news program, please send me an e-mail at christina@adultchildrenlivingathome.com and I’ll put you in touch with the producer.