“Boomerang” Kids Coming Back To Their Parents

It looks like Thomas Wolfe was wrong, you apparently can go home again, especially if you’re a member of Generation X.  

A recent Statistics Canada survey found that those born between 1972 and 1976 were three times more likely to return home to live with their parents than baby boomers.   And males had a slightly increased chance of heading back to shack up with mom and pop than women did.

At 32, accounting assistant Stacie Korn is one of the so-called ‘Boomerang’ children.   She’s moved back to live with her parents after nine years of marriage.

“They have their rules and regulations, and just getting accustomed to it. It’s a big adjustment,” she says.

“Even though it’s difficult being at home, there is a comfort level of going back there.”

Mike Field, 30,  is also making the move back after a year of travelling.  

“I don’t think it’s looked down upon to move back home, like to get through a rough patch or to get through, you know, a period of transition,” he opines.

Experts say some of the factors involved in the trend are higher tuition costs, more failed common-law relationships, and an increase in social acceptance.

“Before, young adults were less likely to live with their parents because there were two, three or four young adults in the household,” said Pascale Beaupre, author of the study.

“ And nowadays, parents have one or two children.”

“I find that parents are a little bit more apt to help and say, well, if you’re not able to make it, you always have a place here.”