Endless Parenting: How Our Definition of Child-Rearing Is Changing
Is your relationship with your adult child, or children, different from the one you had with your parents?
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Show Notes
More adults are now relying on their parents for financial support, career advice and emotional regulation well into their 30s — challenging the notion that a parent is only responsible for their child until age 18. One poll found that about 45% of adults under 30 are living with their parents — “the most common living arrangement for that age group for the first time since just after the Great Depression,” writes Atlantic staff writer Faith Hill. In the past this may have been considered a “failure to launch,” but as families reckon with changing economic realities and delayed maturity milestones, they report benefits from their increased closeness compared with prior generations.” Is your relationship with your adult child, or children, different from the one you had with your parents?
Guests:
Faith Hill, staff writer, The Atlantic - author of the article "The New Age of Endless Parenting"
Kelly Nguyen, licensed psychotherapist, She has a private practice in San Francisco where she sees adult individuals and couples.
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