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great post :) Thank you

This is spooky especially considering I am basically a millennial and will be 40 in just a few years.

Yo if your kids still at home at that age they better have a job and your not still footing the bill for them that's all I gotta say. Living with your parents is fine honestly so many cutlers do it but its frond upon here in the USA for some reason. Is it not good to be near your family and support each other?

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I have always considered the western cultural view of pushing kids out of the house very flawed. I much prefer the Asian cultural view where families live together & save lots of money together instead of accruing massive debt. When families like this have aging family members they work together to take care of their elderly. Western culture wants to divide the family, & put everyone in debt, as much & as soon as possible, & use the corrupt healthcare & elder care industry to purge every penny from families while destroying quality of life. 

It can be tremendously advantageous for families to live together & help each other. Do you think the banksters want kids saving money & paying for things in cash? Or accruing debt via fractional reserve lending? 

Am surprised by this video, I am usually really impressed with your perspectives at WAM but I think you’re missing it here. Obviously if these adults are leeches it’s detrimental, but I think families going back to being closer & taking care of each other would be better for everyone. & I really believe pushing the kids out of the house is part of the debt culture design the banksters want us all to live in. 

Keep up the good work, I am a huge fan of your team.

I think part of the problem is lack of good jobs. Anyone working a full time job should have enough to pay all their bills, but its not like that in the US. More than half still struggle every week to pay bills. Add student loans to millennials needs, and I imagine it's discouraging. To have a degree and work for $12-$13 sucks. Most of the money is going to the top.

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Actually I don't think it's that bad to be living with your parents/family because it just adds to each other's support system.  The problem is if the parents are the only one helping/supporting the family and not vice versa.  In most cultures - multigenerations live under one household and the overall happiness and health level is better for young and old.  The older generation has lots of wisdom and experience to share with the younger generation.  The young should be able to help support the family monetarily and via their strengths.

Thanks for sharing such things follow you  
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I don't think it is as simple as they live at their parents house because they got nothing going on or that they are dependant.  
From what I've witnessed a lot of people from my generation whether they live in the country side or big cities we all struggle to find decent paying jobs. In France it's a struggle if you did not select the correct carreer at university there's little hope that you will be able to correct that at a later stage and get a good paying job. I got traumatised in high school by my economics teacher and that is why despite not having selected the right career I managed, I struggled at times and yes my mum helped me. I wish that from 18 years old I was 100% independant but this is no longer the reality we live in. We are offered low-paying jobs, renting is difficult (you might find info about renting in France) and no job security so I understand why some people will delay moving out. I will be scared to worsen my financial situation in that case.

Nice content...I enjoy reading it.

Someday those lazy sacks of crap will have to pay the piper.

Thank you very much for the useful information and share

I'm going to make this point. As a millennial who lives with his parents one of the biggest reasons I believe my generation is more dependent is because most of our parents were pressuring us to live the life they wanted us to live. They wanted us to keep the status quo. So we were molded into that. Once we get out of college we have no clue what to do but also we face an identity crisis. 

There's a clash between who we truly are and how society and our parents tried to shape us all those years. I can attest first hand as that was my experience. 

The first thing people will say we WANT to be dependent. I really don't think that's the case as much as it is us choosing to be dependent in order to get where we are really trying to go in life and that is to be our true selves. Even if that means receiving further help while doing so. 

The broken education system molds kids to be someone they're not so they can kiss someone else's butt while they feel miserable with the work they do just so they can get a paycheck. My parents generation did that and put up with it. Times are changing. 

We want to be free and independent. We just have taken a different path to get there.

This is what happens when you offshore jobs which young people work in order to start their careers.

Great piece! There's certainly a lot of corrosive codependency between braindead boomers and prissy millennials... that sullen 40 year old guy on the couch with the soul patch looks more like a Gen Xer though, LOL

yes i am part of that satistic. but I work pay my bills and taxes and one day will buy my grandparents the world for all they have done for me.

a man living with his parents is a big X to me

Long time WAM YouTube subscriber. Appreciate your work on getting us the real news!

but everyone got a trophy!

Heh... I'm a millenial and live with mom.

No regrets.

It trully is kind of tragic...Are these statistics global or Canada/USA only? I think here, in my country (Croatia, Europe) situation is even worse :( Great post, btw!

Good timing as people like me are at their parents' houses for christmas break. I'm 24 and I am the only one of my friends who got a job and moved out of town. Is it a coincidence that my family/friends live in a very blue state? Unfortunately our public high school taught my peers how to play the system to survive. I like how you point out these dependency issues in our society as often times we who try to make positive changes are seen as the oppressors or people are fearful of losing their free unwarranted benefits.

Articles not quite complete without some mention of the increased cost of living, the massive increase in inflation, and the lack of realistic job opportunities. Otherwise great article and thanks for that OC

my family my love!!

One of the part sthat sucks for the parents is that when they are powerless they coukd get hurt.  But i see no shame for a normal dude so staywith his parents.

Yep, it's not a big surprise. With housing prices at an all time high in most major cities, and rent following suit, there aren't a tom of options. When I was working in SF, one of my coworkers lived in a van while he worked in order to pay off his student loan. 2018 will be a year of dramatic change, I believe. That being said, happy new year to all.

>40% provide health insurance

This one is a good thing. The ACA allowed parents to keep their kids on their health insurance until they turn 26. Even as Trump and Republicans gutted Obamacare, they retained this provision because it’s so popular.

Until we get our act together like every other developed nation and have universal healthcare, this is what we have.

I'm from India, and this is my view from my personal experience and from what i've seen around here. Here, most families live as a joint family and children start living on their own after getting married. 

In some cases, if the child is the only kid for his parents, they all live together always. The advantage is, it reduces cost expenditure, and you can save a lot in many ways, and if the parents are sick, their children take care of them instead of appointing a health care professional to take care of them. And in the same way parents help their kids in every way. 

On the other hand, when living a life alone from away due to work, most the earnings are spent just on rent and other day to day expenses and there is nothing left to save for future.

So, it depends on the families situation. If parents and children support each other and live in the same house its great and economical.

Thanks for the information

Media is the fundamental institution of the any society in current scenario of globe. You are doing a very remarkable job. Real assist of a journalist is his writing power which he conveys to the mass with full dignity and honesty.

You are doing a great job @joshsigurdson
Keep sharing facts with us and let us learn the world of politics more closely.

My support and passion is always with you 

Stay Blessed!

Thanx you my dear sir @Joshsigurdson for sharing this news .

this post is very nice..and great video ..thanks for sharing in this post...carry on my friend..

I actually had to come back to my parents house after being back and forth from Asia to here in the states. My main reason for coming back was money and, in the back of my mind, knowing my parents would help.

Something happened in the four months i've been back and it hit me: i'm sick of coming back home when times get hard. I paid off my student loans and car note, I shouldn't be here!

Most of my frustration of being at home was due to the fact that I felt lied to and cheated when I wasn't working my job in video/media production. I tried REALLY hard this year to get a job there but nothing was working. It hit me joining Steemit that my main problem was a serious lack of community. Schools these days don't teach independence and they seriously teach the kids how to depend on daddy government and having a victim mentality to "thrive". It's sickening.

Great write up, Josh!

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The milliniums were delt a bad hand, result of bad parenting, they grew up with lower self esteem....  and in a world that wants everything now, not earn what you got. 
They want to start a the top instead of climbing the mountain. 
It takes time to develop relationships, 
And theyre going to have a hard time finding job fulfilment. 
There parents always told them that they can have anything they want...just because they want it...  this is the generation that got medals for coming in last in sports, so it lowers the self esteem of  the ones who came in first ...
Employers have a hard time deeling with them, of course not everybody ....

I'm still living with my mum and can't wait to get out of there. Used to have my own appartment for 2 years before studying again and moving back in at home due to lower costs... it's about time to move out :D

Sad to say im part of the one third