http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog News, Advice, and Resources for Parents of Adult Children Living at Home Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:10:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently talked about the new term "yuckies," which stands for Young Unwitting Costly Kids -- adult children who still rely on their parents for regular financial support. Bryony Gordon, 29, a writer for the Telegraph, recently shared her thoughts on being a yuckie. Here's a quote from her piece ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/03/almost-30-and-still-relying-on-mom-and-dad/ If your adult child is coming home from college and staying with you over Spring Break, it can be a great opportunity to consciously set some expectations for the week that will also help set the tone for the future. Or, at the very least, to avoid setting some unrealistic expectations! It ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/03/set-expectations-at-spring-break/ Another new acronym has been coined to describe adult children living at home: yuckies. It stands for Young Unwitting Costly Kid. The interesting thing is that so many of the adult children who still rely on their parents for financial support really are unwitting about the amount of financial pressure it ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/02/are-your-adult-children-yuckies/ If you're like me, you're probably pretty much glued to your TV set this past week, watching the Winter Olympics.  I'm especially lucky, as they're happening right here in Vancouver. I was thinking about the sacrifices these athletes--and their parents--make to get where they are now, when I came across a ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/02/focus-on-the-goal/ I'm interested to see what readers of this blog think of a recent editorial written by the editor in chief of the college paper at Ferris State University in Michigan.  The editor says that moving back in with one's parents is a "rather adult decision." Her logic? Recognizing the likely poor ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/02/boomeranging-a-wise-financial-decision/ A recent opinion piece by Mark Steyn on Macleans.ca talked about the impacts of adult children living at home, pegged to the story of Giancarlo Casagrande, a 60-year-old Italian father who has been ordered by the Italian court to pay support to his 32-year-old daughter until she finishes her thesis ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/02/460/ This cheeky graphic comes from a recent article in the Globe and Mail. And in case you're wondering what the secret is -- it's you. The article talks about a study published last month in the Journal of Marriage and Family that looked at the relationships of 633 Philadelphia-area parents, aged ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/02/new-study-adult-children-get-more-help-in-a-more-complicated-world%e2%80%9d/ From the Guardian: A 32-year-old woman who lives with her mother and has been working on her thesis for eight years, has successfully sued her 60-year-old father for a living allowance, to continue until her thesis is complete. Full article here. http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/01/italian-father-reuired-by-court-to-pay-living-allowance-to-32-year-old-daughter/ I'm pleased to announce that I have recently launched a new book for adult children supporting aging parents at home. In this valuable new guide, I've adapted my strategies that have worked so well for communicating with boomerang kids and completely reworked them to provide a communication plan for adult children ... http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/01/communication-strategies-for-adult-children-supporting-aging-parents-at-home/ Here's a great graphic from the Baltimore Sun that shows in visual form the impact that the recession is having on young adults: http://www.adultchildrenlivingathome.com/blog/2010/01/graphic-young-adults-returning-home-due-to-recession/