All parents want their children to grow up and become productive, happy human-beings.  We want our children to have equal opportunities, education, participation and, above all, success!  Then why, more than any other time in our history, are their so many adult children living at home?

Recently, ScottCounseling received this Parenting Counselor email from a parent:

Dear ScottCounseling:

I have a twenty-five year old son who lives with my husband and me.  We love him dearly, he causes no problems (does not use drugs or argue with us), but he has no interest besides playing video games, reading and meeting with a friend from time to time.  My husband told him that he needs to get his life going.  He works part time at a grocery store, but has no interest going back to school.  Is this normal?  He’s our only child, we want to be good parents, but it’s hard for us to tell him to move out.

ScottCounseling Response:

Dear Parent:

First of all, you are not alone with your concern, In fact, a famous television counseling figure, Dr. Phil, did several TV shows highlighting this topic.  Dr. Phil surprised me and other American by sharing this startling statistic:

“Close to 14 million adult children in the U.S. are still living at home.”