Adult Children(In-class)

A. Summary

They are talking about adults who live with their parents. Prof. Hasegawa, who comes from Japan, said that Japanese people call them 'parasite single' and it is growing trend. The parasite single most likely has a negative meaning. Many people think that they are selfish and they don't have any responsibilities.
Dr. Caldwell from the U.K said that they called the people, who left home once but come back home later, 'boomerang children'. In European country, many children used to leave home to be free. Nowadays, however, they don't leave home but stay home with their parents. As a result of this, the parents want to be free.

They said there are advantages in this trend. It gives children a time to think about their future more carefully and some parents want to live with their children so it makes them have stronger relationship.

B. Opinion.

I think they don't have to live with their parents but it's good for both of parents and them. It is getting difficult to buy a house in Korea. Indeed, house prices are getting expensive. If they live together, adults don't have to worry about house. For the parents, they might feel lonely if their children left home. If they live together, the parents wouldn't feel lonely.

On the other hand, Living together causes some problems. Children,who don't left home even if they got married, wouldn't have any responsibilities and they might stay as children. In a view from the parents, they won't have any freedom. They keep trying to care of them.