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Livin' at Home

Date: Dec 11 2020

Themes: Family

Grammar: You're vs. Your

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When angry, American fathers commonly shout, “As soon as you’re 18, you’re on your own means a lot. It means you’re a legal adult, and, more often than not, people move out of their parents’ home when they are 18.

...And some of them come back or never leave at all. Adults live with their parents for lots of reasons. Sometimes their parents need care, or they need a place to stay to save up money after college. Even though it’s relatively common, people tend to look down on adults who live with their parents in the United States. Listen to Beren and Marni talk about it.

Dialog

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Marni

Beren

Marni: So I was reading that Time Magazine article recently about when you…Like, people in their 30s and moving back in with their parents…

Beren: Yeah, that’s a huge thing.

Marni: Yeah, and I was thinking, you know, in this culture, there’s such a stigma against living with your parents past a certain age. Like, you’re sort of viewed as a failure or something. But in many cultures, in many places in the world it’s pretty normal to live with your family.

Beren: Yeah, you don’t move out until you’re married. And if you never marry, you never move out.

Marni: Well, that or even sometimes you marry and yet you just live with your family and then, you know…Sort of in this country, I think parents move back in once they’re elderly, but it’s like, there’s this huge gap of time where it’s totally taboo and frowned upon, if you will…

Beren: I know a bunch of people who are actually moving back in with their parents.

Marni: I did it for like half a year when I was 29. It was great. I saved a lot of money.

Beren: Yeah?

Marni: Yeah. And my parents were happy to have me there. It’s an interesting thing. I don’t know…Is it so terrible?

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Discussion

Marni recently read an article about how many grown Americans are moving back in with their parents. It made her think about how in many countries, it’s perfectly normal to live with your parents past 30.

Beren notes that in a lot of places, people live with their families until they get married. But Marni points out that sometimes even married people continue to live with their family.

In the US, parents sometimes move in with their children when they get older and need someone to help take care of them. But there is a gap of 30 or 40 years between when the child turns 18 and the parents become elderly when it’s regarded as strange for them to live together.

Nonetheless, Beren knows a few people who have moved back in with their parents. Marni lived with her parents for a brief time a little while ago. She saved money and her parents were glad she was there. What’s so wrong about living with your parents when you’re an adult?

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wendy01

China

good

lijun13909402148

China

in china, parents enjoy living with their children even if their children have married.

karam1900

Morocco

in my piont of view
i think that ’s not good to leave our home before get marry “west or east live with parents is the best”

beconhaman

Viet Nam

i'm 18 .and now i am still living my parents. I hope i will be independent but now i can't .Beacause my life skill is not enough and i don't save money. i have many trouble.and my parent always say :"thanh ,you are my little child" althought i 'm 18.

Enchantment

Germany

i’m 21 and i live on my own. in Russia not everyone have appotunity to have there own flats.so it’s a problem. at the age of 18 many people go to univercities and move to other cities. when i was living with my parents, we had problems, we didnot understand each other, but now we have wonderful relationships. but to my mind, if your parents need help and care u must live with them and help and your age isnot important in that case

klcc

Indonesia

in Indonesia, we usually live with parents until we get married. There is no compulsion to live with parents or no. But that usually we did.

Im 21 now, and i live in the dorm, but i going back to my parents' house weekly or monthly

clover5410

China

different culture,different customs.In china, parents support the children,when they are old,the children support the parents. It does not matter that whether the children live apart of their parents or not. off course,If they can,it is better. If i have my baby in the futher, I want him stay with me all his life. or i will feel blankness.

thetasun

China

quite agree with gavin's opionion. Parents and Children are badly needed with each other.When parents goes elder, they need their children to take care and live with to enjoy their daily lives. while children need their guide and help to be much more adult-like.

avey_zaq

China

i also left my home when i was 17 for senior high school, but my parents always wish i won't left every time. i think all of parents are like this in china

vivi节

China

the most important thing,i think,is whether you can live a ful and comfortable life.if yes,i won't pay too much attention on what others say.agree?

vivi节

China

different country, acturlly,has differet trodition.or even different family does.the most important thing,i think,is whether we can lead a comfortable live.if yes,i won’t pay too much attention on other’s gossip.just do as your mind tells you.agree

vivi节

China

you con say it again.always we should care people who are around us and give us the power to go ahead .they are!we could never leave them out.

lvshuyu

China

It’s very good

lvshuyu

China

i am very like to live by myself

anxin

China

east or west,home is best!

burcunaz

Turkey

but i think that living with parents is very important cos you should observe family life

burcunaz

Turkey

but i think that living with parents is very important cos you should observe family life

daya81

Iraq

Living with parents is so intersting to help them in life.its mini gift for them.

simonguan

Germany

it can save lots of money if u live with ur family and also can save lots of work to do such as washing and cooking or tidying the room,but a example if u go home too late they will worry about u,it is a problem if u live with ur parents.