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When your adult child moves back home and won't launch

My 23-year-old son moved back home after college and has been here for eight months playing video games and barely looking for work while I watch my retirement savings drain away paying for his expenses.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent struggles with the tension between unconditional love and the need to foster independence in an adult child who has returned to dependence.

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“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.