Problem

Kidults

Other Names:
Stay-at-home adult children
Boomerang children
Peter Pan Syndrome
Nature:

 

 



 

 
Incidence:

Almost a third of Australian adults aged up to 34 are still living with their parents.  The majority of adult children are not paying their way, with 60 per cent living rent or board-free and 75 per cent not contributing to household bills. Nearly 10 per cent of affected parents said it was a financial strain and three per cent resented their child for continuing to live at home.  More than 30 per cent of parents allowed their children to stay at home so they could save towards a goal. Reasons cited by other parents included: closeness to family (17 per cent), convenience of location (eight per cent) and cultural tradition (seven per cent).

In 2018, a US couple took their adult child to court because he refused to move out.
Related Problems:
Static and superficial adult values
Family breakdown
Aggravates:
Inhibition of adult life in small houses
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
25.10.2019 – 01:00 CEST