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When adult children move back home and everyone gets stuck

My adult son moved back home after losing his job and we thought it would be temporary but it's been eight months and we've fallen into this weird dynamic where he's depressed and I'm enabling him by not setting boundaries but every time I try to push him he gets more withdrawn.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Temporary arrangements can calcify into patterns that serve neither party's growth when the underlying dynamics remain unaddressed.

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