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Show Children stay home longer OREM Children are living at home longer, many times into their mid-20s. and creating a financial emotional strain on parents, says a Brigham Young University professor. "The financial success of 'baby boom parents may have provided an environment that would be difficult for the child to duplicate and, as result, children of today may be reluctant to leave their cozy setting set-ting for a less comfortable, self-provided one, reports Prof. Bernard Poduska. . "Kids have got the pool, the BMW, the big room. Why leave home to drive an old Volkswagen and live in a small apartme nt ? " Poduska's research shows that in the late 1970s and early 198Us, the number of adult children leaving home dropped dramaucally. In 1970 less than 10 percent of the nation's 22-year-olds lived with their parents; but in 1986, nearly half still live at home at age 22. Today, it is extremely rare for children to leave home just after graduating from high school, Poduska said. In 1970, one-third of all children moved out by age 18; in 1986, less than 3 percent of men and less than 1 percent of women left home by age 18. |