Boomerang Kids
By teamrose
@teamrose (1492)
United States
October 18, 2010 1:54pm CST
Do you expect your kids to move back home after they finish college? How long do you think it is reasonable for kids to remain home?
Once my kids graduate they are welcome to live at home, if they are interested in doing chores and paying room and board. We will charge market rates. They will have to provide themselves with transportation, and pay for all their own insurance.
If they live with us, it's because they've decided they like the idea of being renters in a place where the food is good, the company decent, and the rules easy to live with.
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4 responses
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
19 Oct 10
I don't have kids, but if I did, I would expect them to move out after college. With this market/economy, I probably would let them move back in after college until they got a job, but then out they go. (My parents gave me a suitcase for a high school graduation present...that should tell you something.)
@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
18 Oct 10
I'm not a parent... but I am a college kid. Right now I'm living at home while going to classes. It's not that far to school and student housing is way expensive. My parents and I are very close and very supportive of me. They do want me to move out eventually but right now I'm welcome to live at home and save up. My sister recently graduated college and moved back in. She's having trouble getting a job and can't afford to live on her own right now. My parents are less happy about her living at home, but they understand her situation. In the meantime both of us must do our part with the chores, the bill-pay, and keeping of house. We are also required to come down for family movie night and share popcorn. 
You're going to need to take into account the fact that the job market is dismal, especially for recent graduates. If your children graduate from college and then spend over a year job hunting without any luck... would your rules for moving back home change?
You're going to need to take into account the fact that the job market is dismal, especially for recent graduates. If your children graduate from college and then spend over a year job hunting without any luck... would your rules for moving back home change? @teamrose (1492)
• United States
18 Oct 10
If my child graduated college and spent a year job hunting without finding a job, I would think they wasted their time in college. What on earth did they learn that is totally not marketable?
A person should go into a field where there is a proven need.
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@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
19 Oct 10
It's not a matter of being marketable... it's a matter of being fresh out of college in a job market that's bad enough for people who have years of experience. Fewer and fewer companies are hiring recent college graduates. You say a person should go into a field where there is a proven need... but the need changes in the time it takes to graduate. Plus these students have to compete with experienced people who lost their jobs because of the recession.
Read up on the wonderful job market that your children and I will have to face:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32468172/
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/retirement/recent-college-grads-cant-get-jobs-blame-the-parents/19430806/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29301838/What_College_Graduates_Can_Expect_Out_Of_The_Job_Market
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
19 Oct 10
I would welcome my children in my home. In the old days families lived together and it was accepted. Everyone supported each other, financially and emotionally. I think it's a good idea but we've gotten used to separating the generations--we've paid a heavy price for that.
I plan to move closer to my adult children in a few years. It would be nice if we could all live in the same house, even if they were married.
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 10
I hope, after my kids can get jobs, they are able to leave my home. For me, because they are already working, it's time they learn to be independent
