Growing number of jobless returning to their parents' homes

[OhioChick]

Sunday, June 05, 2011, 12:56 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Brian Griffith was earning six figures before he lost his job when his company downsized. Now, he lives with his parents, pitching in on chores in his childhood home.

A growing number of adults, from recent graduates in a fruitless job hunt to experienced workers laid off during the recession, are doing the same in search of a stronger economic foothold. The trend has been building for years, part of a culture shift in which children are waiting longer to leave the nest, but it's intensified since the downturn cast thousands out of work or into part-time jobs with little pay.

About 4.2 million workers ages 20 to 29 were unemployed last year, nearly double the number in 2007, before the recession began. Countless others traded full-time jobs for part-time or temporary work or accepted lower-paying positions.

A recent U.S. Census Bureau report found moving home "is a strategy employed by less advantaged individuals ... to handle economic uncertainty and to make ends meet during times of economic strain" -- and that it's happening more often.

More: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/06/growing_number_of_jobless_retu.html

[rurallib]

1. If repugs have their way, when Mom and Dad lose Medicare

they will share accommodations at the homeless shelter.

[saras]

4. No way will the repugs tolerate money being spent on homeless shelters...

[Luciferous]

2. My 50 year old uncle had to move back in with my grandparents last year.

I'm glad he's there with them because they could use the help, but he has had a really hard time with it. On the other end of the spectrum, my brother in-law just graduated from college and has decided to stay at home and go to graduate school because he's scared he won't be able to find a job in this economy.

I feel bad for the people who don't even have the option to move in with a family member.

[99 Percent Sure]

5. I'm a little older than your uncle, yet

I'm in the same boat as he. Except they don't want me there and the family dynamic is very dysfunctional, including the 44 year old youngest child who owns her own home but won't sleep there, preferring to sleep at the folks each night.

BIG SIGH.

[xchrom]

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