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Parents who accept their children as adults have an easier time relearning to live with them.

The stigma of adult children moving back home has faded, enabling closer family bonds.

Living together as adults can elevate the old parent-child relationship to friendship status.

The pandemic brought young adults home to parents—millions of them. Some stayed, while many forged out on their own when it was safe to do so. Once again, the number of young adults between the ages of 24 and 35 returning to their childhood bedrooms is growing. Currently, the migration home is most noticeable among recent college grads who are having difficulty finding jobs they love or are trained for and affording rent to live independently.

Deciding to Live at Home Again

The social stigma of returning home that plagued earlier generations of young adults has........

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