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" Yes, in a bad economy, grown children live with their parents. However, that’s not a new familial configuration; historically and across classes, adult children have very often lived with their parents. We just didn’t consider them quite so adolescent when they were married and had children dwelling with them in the multigenerational unit. "

Rebecca Traister , All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation


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Rebecca Traister quote : Yes, in a bad economy, grown children live with their parents. However, that’s not a new familial configuration; historically and across classes, adult children have very often lived with their parents. We just didn’t consider them quite so adolescent when they were married and had children dwelling with them in the multigenerational unit.