* "The Boomerang Age" was named an Outstanding Academic Title of
2007 by "Choice Magazine."
Domestic changes are taking place in the lives of young adults
in Western industrialized societies. Today's young people often
experience less permanency and more movement in a variety of
family-related roles, statuses, and living arrangements. Among the
most prominent changes is the phenomenon of "boomerang kids," young
adults returning to the parental home after their initial entrance
into the adult world. "The Boomerang Age," explores the
implications of this development in a changing sociocultural,
economic, and demographic landscape.
Mitchell begins by addressing definitional, conceptual, and
measurement issues relevant to the "boomerang age." She then places
the issues in historical perspective by considering trends in
family organization--the nuclear family, marriage and divorce rates
and fertility--over the past hundred years with emphasis on the
1950s family as a cultural benchmark. The book then turns to the
contemporary trajectory of home leaving and returning, analyzing
the "launch" and return phases with regard to economic factors,
regional differences, and racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Mitchell then explores the more personal dimensions of how a
return to the family is complicated by partnership (marriage,
divorce, cohabitation, homosexuality) and parenthood among young
couples. Moving outside the home, she looks at how public issues
such as globalization, the decline of the welfare state, and
various forms of social inequality affect the circumstances of
young adulthood. Here Mitchell offers specific social policy
recommendations pertaining to education, housing and dependency
issues, childcare, and gender and racial equality. The book
concludes by critically evaluating the advantages and drawbacks of
two possible future scenarios: increased individualization in the
pursuit of social goals, or a more or less permanent return to the
traditional, extended family.
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