The 'Kids' Story

I sat and read this story here in the AM....more 'young' adults live at home with Mom and Dad....since the Depression era of the 1930s. 

According to the Pew folks....52 of folks (ages 18 to 29)...are living with some parent (it's up in the 26-million range).  Covid part of the blame?  Pew says in the past eight months.....it's up by 2.6-million.

So you sit and think about this.

Last month, I read a rant by a older woman (probably in her late 50s).  Both son and daughter had resettled in this Covid era back into the old family house with her.  One had a worthless degree and seemed to be mostly unemployed.  The other had a job which shut down because of Covid-19 and the only option to survive was Mom's 'grace' 

Mom had problems with both 'kids' (they seemed to be between 25 and 35 years old).  She was beginning to question how long she could cope with the two, and if this was going to be a year or more of transition time.  I didn't want to say anything to the lady but in my humble opinion....I didn't see Covid going away in 2020 or 2021.  So the 'kids' were likely going to still be there in 2022.  I didn't think Mom would survive to that point.

The key problem here...is that this is not the 1930s in terms of mentality, and people generate a powerful amount of stress that has to be resolved on a daily basis, or you end up with conditions that result in verbal or physical fights.

If Covid were to linger around for five years?  If the 'kids' are still there in 2024?  Well....this would probably trigger more problems in life, and result in 'adult-children' being dumped on the street.  If they couldn't handle it in Dad or Mom's house....how would they handle it on some street corner....living out of a tent?