Baby Boomers Moving In With Adult Children

Both sides can cut housing costs and swap child and elder care. But tensions are likely, too

By Emily Brandon

November 20, 2008 RSS Feed Print

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The ties that bind do chafe at times, but they also hold relatives close.

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Personally, I believe one of the main contributing factors responsible for so much depression in America is the fact that parents of adult children do not have the same sense of generational closeness families used to have during the earlier part of the nineteenth century. The depression also applies to the adult children of the parents. So in addition to helping financially for both parties, an additional psychological benefit is the closeness between these families and this includes grandparents being a part of their grandchildren's lives on a more ongoing basis. The grandchildren also benefit greatly from this arrangement because it affords them the opportunity to really get to know and have a real relationship with their grandparents. This was something that was taken for granted long ago, people just went through life knowing they would always be close to family and people were much happier then than now. This is something to think about.

Sandra Furno of OH 1:24AM December 05, 2011

My sons and I live with my folks and it's a blessing for us all that we do. They help me of course because financially I am not living with wolves at the door - and I help them by taking care of them. I am my mothers caregiver (she is paralyzed from a stroke) and my father at 83 depends on my sons and I more and more everyday. It is a joy and a gift that love and duty are both present in our lives. That being said there is a balance that must be kept of respect - a hierarchy (to maintain moral of the elders and keep us all in line!) that must be understood and nurtured by all and most of all an environment where we are able to be frail and human and know that those around us will allow us our weak moments and then shove us back in the mix. We're all in it together and when we aren't anymore we'll be sorry it is over!!

Monica of CA 6:36PM September 11, 2011