Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?
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Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?
Jeffrey Arnett, Clark University
When the Pew Research Center reported in 2020 that the proportion of 18-to-29-year-old Americans who live with their parents has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps you saw some of the breathless headlines hyping how it’s higher than at any time since the Great Depression.
From my perspective, the real story here is less alarming than you might think. And ...
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