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BOOMERANG
GENERATION
Boomerang Generation: Economical and Psychological Issues
Angelica Guzman
Cal State San Marcos
HD 101-02
BOOMERANG
GENERATION
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The boomerang generation consists of young adults ranging from the ages of 18-34 who temporary move out of their home and experience independence on their own for a time and then
“boomerang right back” into their parents home (Pew Research 2012). This generation raises a question whether these young adults move back in and become dependent to their parents due to economic and social issues they face such as not being able to find a job or simply because it is easier and cheaper to live with their parents. According to the Pew Research Center, the economical issues that arise are due to the recession that we previously experienced, and so these young adults were unable to find a job and make ends meet while living on their own. These economical issues can then have a psychological and social effect on them by believing that they are unable to move up in life and degrading themselves by not acquiring a job or starting a family at that age.
The boomerang generation is a widespread phenomenon where 39% of adults ages 18-34 move back in with their parents, and among these young adults 63% say they know someone else who has moved back home because of financial problems they faced while living on their own
(Pew Research). We can see that the percentage of the boomerang children living at home correlate to the way the economy stands, the Fiscal Times mentions that ever since the recession
37% of 18-29 year olds have been unemployed and has been the highest since 1948 (Fiscal
Times 2011). The unemployment issue causes many of these young adults to move back home with their parents, before, some would be financially stable on their own making ends meet with a job they possessed but then faced the termination of their job and now do not have the resources to financially maintain


References: Eso, K. (2012). Early Adulthood, Human Development 101. Class Lecture. Cal State University San Marcos. Fiscal Times (2010). The Boomerang Generation: More reasons to Move Back Home. Retrieved from http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2010/06/12/The-Boomerang-Generation- http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/03/15/the-boomerang-generation/2/ Pew Research Center (2012)
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