This is another piece about twentysomethings living at home with their parents that I posted about last week. In this article from USA Today, author Sharon Jayson reports that at least between peers, parents are sharing concerns that their young adult children don't have a clue about what they want to do with their lives, and are expressing hopes that enabling them to remain at home hasn't stifled their kids' self-sufficiency.
Around the kids, they're nothing if not supportive. But a growing number of baby boomer parents are freaking out inside.
They don't want to let on to their adult children that they're getting worried, but these parents are sharing their concerns at work, at the gym, at the grocery store or anyplace they can commiserate: Their offspring — post-college degreed and in their mid- to late 20s — still haven't a clue about what to do with their lives.
These young adults aren't slackers; they often have jobs to pay the rent and are seemingly on their own. But one of parents' biggest worries is whether their close relationships with their children may have stifled their self-sufficiency.
"Watching this as a parent, you're concerned that they find their own path," says Richard Hesel, 62, a marketing consultant from Timonium, Md., and the father of two sons in their 20s. "We've gone out of our way to help these kids, but you do wonder: When does it end?"
Source: USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-24-boomers-kids_N.htm
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