Discussion Board #3 Renesting of Adult Children PDF

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Here is the third discussion board for this class. Prompt is included with answer, and also response to classmates as well as research for the required scholarly articles....

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Thread: Boomerang and failure-to-launch are key terms used to describe young adults living at home. Boomerang has been connected to young adults who left home for a period only to return. This return could be for several reasons, including but not limited to continued education, divorce, or loss or lack of employment. Failure-to-launch is connected to young adults who have never left home. Both types of young adults benefit from the comfort of their parents’ homes, but their return or delay has a negative and some positive outcomes. Discuss at least 2 reasons research is suggesting for young adults still living at home. This new phenomenon—young adults still living in their parents' home well into their late 20's to early 30's—is proposed to be a result of many different reasons. Upon reading Boomerang Families and Failure-toLaunch: Commentary on Adult Children Living at Home (Burn & Szoeke, 2016), discuss the impact of coresidence with parents. Hello Class, Are children, in their twenties and thirties, who live at home with their parents lazy? Irresponsible? Or is there another reason? Here we will explore the reasons and benefits that children and their parents experience during their time of cohabiting beyond the teen years. One such research that was conducted by Srinivas (2019), collects data from different financial institutions and the census discovered that millennials are actually making more money than their parents were at there age. Even though they are making more money research found that the cost of rent was much higher than when their parents launched. The research also looks at the fact that college tuition has had a significant increase in the past years. With student loans, graduating children are coming out of school with loan payments that are equivalent to house or rent payment thus making it nearly impossible for them to get an apartment with a job that pays base wages. Young adults who have issues at home with their parents or have a stepparent in the home, are more likely to leave early on. However, those same kids have a higher chance of returning back home due to failed relationships among other factors (Sandberg-Thoma et. al, 2015). Research has showed that kids with warm relationships with their parents tend to stay at home longer (Goldscheider et. al., 2014). Most parents report a positive satisfaction to having their kids at home. Some of the positive reason children benefit from cohabiting with the parents for extended times includes economic benefits as well as, being able to benefit from the conveniences that their parent’s homes offer, such as a microwave, dishwasher and perhaps a television. It has been noted that male children in particular benefit from having a mom that cooks and cleans for them. Another advantage that has been found is the emotional support that parents provide. The longer a child delays in leaving the home, research shows that the child will have increased relationship harmony later on in life (Burn, & Szoeke, 2015; 2016;).

It must be noted that the millennial generation has been the generation to boomerang or failure to launch out of their parent’s home. They have been criticized for being lazy and enjoying the benefits of home too much to leave. However, as pointed out above this generation makes more money than their parents did. They are motivated to work and most do desire to leave home. However due to job statues, student loans, high rent and an exploding housing market it is nearly impossible for them to sustain independent living. Based on research, benefits of spending longer at home seem to benefit child and parent. In summary, this leaves the parent a longer period of time to be responsible for the godly instruction of their child. As parents they must encourage their child and remind them of the Bible verse in 1 Timothy 4:12 (New International Version, 2001) which reads, do not let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believes in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith and your purity.

References Burn, K., & Szoeke, C. (2015;2016;). Boomerang families and failure-to-launch: Commentary on adult children living at home. Maturitas, 83(Jan 2016), 912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.09.004 Goldscheider, F. K., Hofferth, S. L., & Curtin, S. C. (2014). Parenthood and Leaving Home in Young Adulthood. Population Research and Policy Review, 33(6), 771-796. http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.liberty.edu/10.1007/s11113-014-9334-9 New International Version. (2001). Women’s Devotional Bible. Zondervan Sandberg-Thoma, S. E., Snyder, A. R., & Jang, B. J. (2015). Exiting and returning to the parental home for boomerang kids. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(3), 806818. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12183 Srinivas, V. (2019). Explaining the increase in young adults living with parents. Journal of Economic Issues, 53(4), 1017-1028. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2019.1664237

Poor relationship with parents make kids leave earlier

Warm relations delay kids leaving...