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When your adult child becomes a hostile houseguest

My 24-year-old son lives in his childhood bedroom and criticizes everything about how I run my house while contributing nothing and I feel like a hostage in my own home.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The bewildering transformation of parent-child dynamics when an adult child returns home but refuses to accept either child or adult responsibilities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Launching adult children?”

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