Surviving the Return of Adult Children

Remember you want to make this a short-term layover. Eventually, you want leaving to be easier than staying. goir/Shutterstock

It used to be that young people reaching adulthood could not wait to leave home and be on their own. And their parents longed for an empty nest and quieter lives.

In July 2020, 52 percent of young adults resided with one or both of their parents, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of monthly Census Bureau data. Young people are spoiling their parents’ plans.