There’s been a societal backlash against 20 and 30-somethings returning home when they can’t find a job after college.
Pundits endlessly debate whether this is a societal, economic or generational issue, but according to Johns Hopkins professor Katherine Newman, the “accordion” or multigenerational family is all of the above.
Waving away the phenomenon as a generation-wide bout of failure to launch is turning a blind eye to our country’s “new normal,” she argues in her new book “The Accordion Family.”
In a revealing interview with Salon.com the author explained:
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