Perhaps understandable, considering many aspects of the Post-9/11 economy in The States (Link Courtesy CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) (http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-ftr-failure10.html):hmm:

BUT...one wonders just how such a trend is going to affect/impact said individuals in the FUTURE?

Granted, there is NO stigma where this is concerned in, say, Italy, where it's gone one for GENERATIONS...

But in the U.S.A. with certain social mores....Just wonder what the ramifications from a psychological/sociological point might be?:confused:

Depends entirely on one's reasons for it.

...In more recent times, high post-college debt and an inflated sense of what the living standard should be are keeping more kids in the nest. ...

I would find this understandable for someone in their 20s, up to a point anyway.

I don't see that the stats differentiate between those who have lived on their own and moved back (for whatever reason), and those who simply never left. There are instances, of course, where I could see myself making allowances for the former.

I got out of mom & dad's at 17, was "on my own" at 18, and was married with a kid on the way at 19.
I could not imagine living under their roof while in my 20's let alone my 30's.

My biological father still lives with his parents. :hmm: It's different now, though. Before he was just being a lazy ass wipe, but now he's really sick and can't walk and stuff, so it's more understandable.

I met my husband who at 32 had only (8 weeks) been living in his own flat to which previously he lived at home with mum and dad.

I assure you he is quite normal and has a fantastic relationship with them! I envy that even now!

Left foster parents at 16 on my own and moved from forces is Germany over to England to go to college 'Now that's scary' was some 20 years ago now.