Stay-At-Home Kids

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 27, 2012

 Katherine Newman, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University and the author of The Accordion Family: Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition, studies adult children in 6 countries living with their parents for economic reasons.

professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University and the 
author of
The Accordion Family: Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition

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