House rules for when the kids move back home

Updated June 30 2017 - 2:24pm, first published 2:23pm
Back home: Ask your returned offspring to help share the household tasks.
Back home: Ask your returned offspring to help share the household tasks.

Census data tells us that adult kids are moving home in droves. The number of non-dependent children living at home has climbed 20 per cent in just five years – and two of mine moved back well after I'd filled out the form. After five years of dancing naked down hallways, two of my three children moved back within six months. But you can't be the same parent you were when you were actually in charge. So, may I offer some guidance on living with your adult children?

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