Worried about turfing your kids out of the nest? Fear not – they’ll be back | Tim Dowling

A 30-year-old man ordered by a judge to move out of his parents’ house might be shiftless, but he’s not an anomaly

A New York judge has ordered 30-year old Michael Rotondo to move out of his parents’ house. The ruling comes after Rotondo’s parents tried and failed to evict their son in a series of letters. “There are jobs available even for those with a poor work history like you,” they wrote. “Get one – you have to work!”. Rotondo, unrepentant, told reporters he planned to appeal.

For anyone who is a parent of adults or near-adults, it is almost unimaginable that coaxing them out of the nest could ever come to such a pass, even though most of us, at one time or another, have probably imagined it. It is one of the great paradoxes of parenting: even if you don’t really want them to go, you still worry they will never leave.

Making yourself an always available source of unsolicited advice is a pretty good deterrent to them staying forever

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