Comments on: Census data: living with your parents is the new red http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/ Food, restaurants, shopping and cheap fun on a budget in Brooklyn NYC Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Katie Linek http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22727 Katie Linek Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22727 I think we would all like to avoid living with our parents again, but what if they had to move in with YOU? Check out this video asking people that question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4kFwxmD3P4&feature=channel_video_title

]]> By: Who's occupying Wall Street? Documenting protesters' economic woes | Brokelyn http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22174 Who's occupying Wall Street? Documenting protesters' economic woes | Brokelyn Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:16:41 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22174 [...] student debts and stalled careers that currently wipe tables, tour with punk bands, and/or live with Mom.Jobless and topless on Wall StreetBut what’s really their issue?On WeAre99Percent, there are [...]

]]> By: Tim Donnelly http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22048 Tim Donnelly Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22048 there’s a difference between living with your family in a tenement house at the turn of the century and going away to college, THEN moving back in with your parents when you can’t/won’t get a job and support yourself. Living away from home is an important part of becoming a functioning human being: paying bills, scrounging for dinner, making the brutal decision between whether you want to pay rent or go see a band you love that’s only in town for one night … all these things help you learn about yourself, and what you’re capable of achieving. If you have the safety net of your parents’ house (their food, their heat, their TV, etc), you’ll never challenge yourself to make something happen. Comfort is the enemy of progress.

]]> By: U Ws http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22041 U Ws Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:11:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22041 They used to cram 12-15 people in a small tenement on the Lower East Side, generations together, and no one thought the YAs in the group were weird.  So why the condescending attitude today?  Only boomers are smug about staying with your family past 18 or whatever their fantasies believe.  

]]> By: Anna Jacobson http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22039 Anna Jacobson Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22039 My friend’s boyfriend moved back in with his mom (at 33), because of an inability to find a job in the financial sector.

Thought an Ivy League diploma in boring money stuff was supposed to ensure he didn’t have to say “good morning, Mom” except for at major holidays.

]]> By: Jonathan Cribbs http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22038 Jonathan Cribbs Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22038 M-C-C-O-N-A-U-G-H-E-Y!

]]> By: Tim Donnelly http://brokelyn.com/living-with-your-parents-is-the-new-red/comment-page-1/#comment-22029 Tim Donnelly Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.brokelyn.com/?p=29971#comment-22029 Isn’t there some stat about this being more common among males of that age group than females? I think there was even a movie about it called Failure to Launch. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/30/AR2006033001341.html

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