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By Etttot Chan, Opinio

t’s a cornerstone of North American cu
but how can parents really know when
the training wheels and allow their child
How are the young adults going to balan
life while managing a household, or ever
apartment? In this society, the ultimate p:
full-time job, or a college degree—it’s irre
If you’re between the ages of 20-29 a
your parents, relax—you’re in healthy co
Population by Statistics Canada reports t
cent of young adults in that age range are
figure is much higher than it was in the f
1991, the figure was 32.1 per cent, and in
“Thirty is the new 20,” I remember si
reached the double-decade mark in my Ii
phrase meant then, but now I do. What tl
now have until our 30s to get our shit tog
own. I must have wiped a bead of sweat
that, feeling a bit relieved by the extra ru:
with so many financial obstacles on the h
to more shameful realizations.

The quarter-lite crisis

You did this to yourself—or maybe your
you a little bit. Either way, you’re on you
your life magically clean itself when you’
Independence is an admirable trait, and 1
but is paying your way through the hard
Taking a step forward is great, but you w
back.

Failure to launch is one thing; exploc
of preparation is a disaster all on its own
that way.

Progress is important. It’s what life’s
bad experiences as long as you learn sorr
happens, and there’s nothing wrong witl
after such a defeat?

Whether you lost your job or got evi
an embarrassing endeavour. As disgrace!
recent survey by the Pew Research Cente
36 per cent of American millennials are li
labelling them the “boomerang generatic

If or when you do return home and :
in, nostalgia hitting you as fast as your r
that this is your chance to display some r