What about those boomerang children who actually like living with their parents?

Boomerang children can also pose other problems for their parents.

As the boomerang child starts to regain their strength, increase your expectations of them.

Some of the increase is due to "boomerang children" who move back in with their parents after leaving their home.

Recently I've noticed how conversations with friends about our boomerang children have shifted gear from practical to emotional issues.

Those with boomerang children should furnish them with a copy forthwith.

They are referred to as "boomerang children".

Forty-two per cent of "boomerang children" remain under their parents' roof rent-free.

The newcomers include overly involved "helicopter parents," for instance, and the "boomerang child" who's returned home in adulthood for financial reasons.

Almost half of parents of boomerang children say their children have paid rent and almost 90 percent said the children helped with household expenses.

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If a boomerang child needs an extra nudge to budge, you can always charge him rent; in a recent survey 88% of oldies thought kids should pay up.

This social phenomenon is mainly caused by high unemployment rates coupled with various economic downturns, and in turn, many Boomerang children postpone romance and marriage due to economic hardship.

The bill for caring for "boomerang children", those who leave only to return, and adult offspring who live at home includes food, snacks and loans, which are never repaid in full.

His previous TV acting credits have included the BBC Three comedy series Coming of Age and the Boomerang children's sitcom My Spy Family.

Now, they are caring for aging parents who live longer and longer and longer, and for boomerang children who graduate from college and then move right back home, sans rent or rules.

My colleague Ron Lieber wrote about this issue four months ago in his column, “When the Fledglings Return to the Nest,” suggesting questions that parents faced with a boomerang child should raise before opening the door.

In recent weeks Abbey Mortgages has suggested that the Boomers' boomerang children have now been augmented by almost 500,000 adults, aged 35 to 44, moving back in with their parents because of rising unemployment, failing businesses, debt levels and the tougher mortgage-lending criteria.

That trend takes into account older people who move into their children's homes, but also indicates an increase in "boomerang children" who move back in with their parents after leaving their home, according to Elinor Ginzler, the organization's senior vice president for livable communities.

The latest dictionary will reflect changing parent-child relationships with "helicopter parent," which is "a parent who is overly involved in the life of his or her child," and "boomerang child" -- "a young adult who returns to live at his or her family home especially for financial reasons."

The term boomerang children used to refer to young adults moving back in with their parents, but the recession is forcing people in their 30s and 40s and older--often with a spouse and kids in tow--to bunk in with the 'rents until they regain their financial footing.