[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Bryan

My observation is that 'kids living with their parents' in TV fall into one of three general categories.

The first (probably the best) is kids who move her to take care of Mom or Dad who is having physical, mental, or both problems. They sacrifice their personal lives to take care of Mom or Dad. That's what families do!

The second is kids who have hit a rough patch. It may be a job loss, divorce, death of a spouse, or something else. Mon and/or Dad step up to the plate and offer support. That's what families do! Once they are back on their feet, they are out of here and back to their own productive lives.

The last - the ones most often in the news and in jail - are the losers who couldn't cut it on their own in the real world. Now they are back in the empty nest, soaking off of Mon and/or Dad. I don't necessarily think Mom and/or Dad are innocent here - they are enablers for letting their 'loser' offspring soak off of them and dispute life in our retirement community.

Most of us would prefer to see this last group depart our fine community but, alas, that probably won't happen until they get some really serious jail time.

Very nicely put. The last category, where mom and dad are essentially running a halfway house for junior, is the bone of contention raised by the OP because junior's behavior likely negatively affects the lives of others residing in the area in various ways.