burnet44
08-16-2007, 01:18 PM
of you are still living at home with your parents?
This phenomenon cuts across all demographics. You'll find it in families both rich and poor; black, white, Asian and Hispanic; urban, suburban and rural. According to the Census Bureau, fully one-third of young women ages 22 to 35 are still living at home with their parents.
Helicopter Parents and Boomerang Kids
For some parents, you've completed the marathon only to find out they've moved the finish line. For employers, the light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a locomotive.
Much has been written about Generation X, those born between 1964 and 1980. The Xers challenged managers with their independent attitudes, demanding meteoric career paths while securing a healthy dose of work-life balance. To make matters more difficult, this generation of replacement workers numbered less than half of the preceding Baby Boomers. In other words, just at a time when Boomers were jumping ship for new opportunities or preparing for early retirement, their replacements walked, talked and worked nothing like them….and there were fewer of them.
Over a decade has passed since the Gen-Xers first entered the workforce. Most managers have finally accepted Xers for whom they are - even if they still don't like the me at all cost attitude.
What does this mean for employers? Remember a time when high school graduates got a job or went off to college. These young adults couldn't wait to be on their own, renting apartments or buying houses, getting married and starting families. They left home rarely to return again.
Fast forward to 2006 and the world of "helicopter parents" and "boomerang kids." And while we're at it, let's throw in another group of workers: the sandwich generation.
Today, many kids don't leave home. Just a decade or three ago, employees living at home were doomed to no-growth careers. Men living at home were considered momma boys, women were old maids. Time's are a-changin'. According to the National Survey of Households and Families, Ten percent of all children over the age of 25 now live with their parents. Even more surprising is that one third of all American women between the ages of 22 and 35 still live with their parents according to the Census Bureau.
I didnt realize so many people still lived with their parents.
This phenomenon cuts across all demographics. You'll find it in families both rich and poor; black, white, Asian and Hispanic; urban, suburban and rural. According to the Census Bureau, fully one-third of young women ages 22 to 35 are still living at home with their parents.
Helicopter Parents and Boomerang Kids
For some parents, you've completed the marathon only to find out they've moved the finish line. For employers, the light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be a locomotive.
Much has been written about Generation X, those born between 1964 and 1980. The Xers challenged managers with their independent attitudes, demanding meteoric career paths while securing a healthy dose of work-life balance. To make matters more difficult, this generation of replacement workers numbered less than half of the preceding Baby Boomers. In other words, just at a time when Boomers were jumping ship for new opportunities or preparing for early retirement, their replacements walked, talked and worked nothing like them….and there were fewer of them.
Over a decade has passed since the Gen-Xers first entered the workforce. Most managers have finally accepted Xers for whom they are - even if they still don't like the me at all cost attitude.
What does this mean for employers? Remember a time when high school graduates got a job or went off to college. These young adults couldn't wait to be on their own, renting apartments or buying houses, getting married and starting families. They left home rarely to return again.
Fast forward to 2006 and the world of "helicopter parents" and "boomerang kids." And while we're at it, let's throw in another group of workers: the sandwich generation.
Today, many kids don't leave home. Just a decade or three ago, employees living at home were doomed to no-growth careers. Men living at home were considered momma boys, women were old maids. Time's are a-changin'. According to the National Survey of Households and Families, Ten percent of all children over the age of 25 now live with their parents. Even more surprising is that one third of all American women between the ages of 22 and 35 still live with their parents according to the Census Bureau.
I didnt realize so many people still lived with their parents.