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Helicopter Parenting and Boomerang Children

How Parents Support and Relate to Their Student and Co-Resident Graduate Children

Anne West Jane Lewis

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Routledge
12 December 2019
Drawing an unfavourable contrast between the position of students and graduates with that of their baby boomer parents has become a staple for media comment. Indeed, student indebtedness and difficulties in finding graduate jobs and housing typically contrasts markedly with their parents’ experiences.

Broadening the investigation, ‘Helicopter Parenting’ and ‘Boomerang Children’ depicts how students and graduates are now likely to be close to their parents, receive considerable financial and emotional support from them and, upon graduation, return home. Using qualitative data from two interview studies of middle-class families, this title explores the impact of these changes on young people’s transition to independence and adulthood and on intergenerational and intragenerational equality.

This enlightening monograph will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in fields such as Social Policy, Family Sociology and Education.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9780367878498
ISBN 10:   0367878496
Series:   Routledge Advances in Sociology
Pages:   102
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Prelims Introduction Chapter 1 Parents and students: Financial support and student independence Chapter 2 Students and parents: Communication, emotional and practical support, and independence Chapter 3 Co-resident graduates and parents: Relationships, jobs and future expectations Chapter 4 Parents and co-resident graduates: Financial arrangements, responsibility and independence Concluding reflections

Anne West is Professor of Education Policy, LSE, UK Jane Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, LSE, UK

Reviews for Helicopter Parenting and Boomerang Children: How Parents Support and Relate to Their Student and Co-Resident Graduate Children

The plight of the younger generation, and the challenges this poses to inter-generational relationships, is a key issue for contemporary society. In this timely and fascinating book, two very experienced researchers tackle this central issue head-on. Using evidence from their own studies with middle class parents and their student/graduate children, we are given new insights into the realities of juggling finances and in/dependencies between the generations over time, providing an interesting account of the resulting dilemmas and tensions. This important book should be key reading for policy makers and politicians, as well as parents and young people, along with youth and family studies scholars, and anyone concerned with the future of younger generations. Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Visiting Professor, University of Reading; Reader in Family Studies (retired) and Visiting Fellow, Open University.


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