Parenting boomerang kids is even harder in a recession

Damn this stupid financial crisis and its impact on family dynamics! A few years ago a college grad could happily move back in with mom and dad for "just a few months" while looking for a job and saving money. Now that choice feels fraught with terrifying consequences for both parent and kid: What if the grad never gets a job and never moves out?

This week home contributor Dawn Bonker spoke with David J. Palmiter Jr., professor and director of the Psychological Services Center at Marywood University in Pennsylvania and a contributor to the American Psychological Assn.'s Help Center, an online parenting resource, to see what advice he could offer.

You thought the terrible twos and the sulky teens were bad? "Parenting emerging adults, I think, is even trickier," he said. Read the full Q&A here.

-- Deborah Netburn

Photo: In "Failure to Launch," Matthew McConaughey, is a 35-year-old who's never been able to leave the nest. Credit: Paramount Pictures

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Maybe it will make parents think about who they voted for for the last 40 years.

They may not take responsibility, but they cannot escape ultimate accountability.