Are family tensions running high in your not-so-empty nest? You are not alone. Mary speaks with the authors of Whose Couch Is It Anyway? Moving Your Millennial, Dr. Phyllis Goldberg and Dr. Rosemary Lichtman on how to make the best of what can be a stressful situation.

The number of "boomerang kids" has increased by 50% in the past 30 years. In fact, one-third of those between the ages of 18 and 34 live with their parents, an all-time high. Many Millennials are unemployed or underemployed, and as a group, they carry $1 trillion in student loans.

What created the shift? Baby Boomer/GenX parenting or did our society create these millennial kids? 

 

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Doug Downer is so very handsome

He gets frisky from physical action

When he bikes on the trails

His wife Laurie wails!

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