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

My 28-year-old son moved back home after his divorce and has been here eight months and shows no signs of looking for his own place or even helping with groceries.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The scaffolding of support has become a cage for both parent and child, with neither knowing how to restore healthy boundaries.

Ideas that help explain it
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