Grown children who, for a variety of reasons, move back home are often called “boomerang kids“. They went out into the world as grown-ups, then they come back expecting their parents to resume caregiver roles as if there had been no interruption. According to a 2006 Statistics Canada study, Generation Xers, especially the later wave born between 1972 and 1976, were three times as likely to return home to live with their parents compared to baby boomers. The tendency to “boomerang” at least once has been on the rise through each of the last five successive generations, starting with the first wave of baby boomers born between 1947 and 1951. The root causes, which include overly-expensive education and escalating real estate costs, are not addressed by society when “boomeranging” is seen merely as personal failure. Ignoring the causes, and the resulting social implications, solidifies “making do” as a way of life.

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