Just when the baby boomer is loving the empty nest, here’s the boomerang child... | Yvonne Roberts

For parents who have been enjoying the freedom of living child-free, now comes research to spoil it all

The bedrooms have been redecorated in grown-up colours, the 25-year-old soft toys chucked out, the washing machine is blissfully underused and, thanks to the apparent current raging addictions of baby boomers, a holiday or two - cruising in the Med, the Antarctic, anywhere that avoids dry land - have been booked. And then they're back.

According to a recent study by the London School of Economics (LSE), adult children who return to the family home after a period away - often at university - cause a significant decline in their parents' quality of life and wellbeing.

It's not easy for a twentysomething having to witness the daily spectacle of baby boomers bent on rediscovering their 60s mojo

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