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Moving Back Home: How Parents and Grads Can Cope

College grads might be ready to enter the adult working world, but some will find themselves getting reacquainted with former roommates: their parents.The frail labor market has increased the number of "boomerang kids" returning to the nest post graduation as they struggle to find gainful employment to afford rent.The Pew Research Center reports that as many as three in 10 young adults are returning home to the family nest, the highest number of young adults living in multigenerational households since the 1950s. Parents and grads should understand that living under the same roof post-graduation is an adjustment for both parties as they merge two very distinct lifestyles and life stages, says Gregg Zegras, general manager at moving resource organization  MyMove.com . "When a child leaves for college, parents adapt to a new role of either empty-nester or 'my kid's in college now,' [while] the child shifts into independent mode, including making his own choices and facing his own challen...

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