Do you remember your young adult years? You know, those years where you ate ramen noodles and searched for spare change underneath the couch cushions and between the car seats because you were a starving student or just getting started at a new job.
There is nothing like knowing you are just barely making it but are still surviving on your own. Looking back, you may realize those hard years of having practically nothing helped you appreciate what you have now.
The landscape today looks very different than it did 20 years ago. According to a 2016 report by the Pew Research Center, more men and women ages 18 to 34 are living with their parents. Researchers speculate this is fueled in large part by the number of people choosing to put off marriage.
If you think back to your teenage years, most teens couldn’t wait to be out on their own. They might not have a job, but they were determined to prove one way or another that they had what it took to make it independently. So why are so many young adults choosing to live at home these days?
In a blog post titled “The Many Reasons More Young Adults Are Living with their Parents,” Naomi Schaefer Riley, a weekly columnist for the New York Post whose writing leans toward higher education, religion, philanthropy and culture, raises this question: Are parents doing enough to equip their children to leave the nest?