Working From Home
Quarantining With Your Parents Without Reverting to Being a Teen
Your childhood bedroom can offer comfort, but beware the risks of conflict.
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Anyone who has spent a few weeks at home during Christmas knows it isn’t easy to go back to living with your parents. Whether you walk through their door at age 25 or 45, it probably won’t be long before you’re snapping at your folks and asking them not to talk to you like you’re a kid.
A move back home during the pandemic—not uncommon now as people struggle with loneliness or paying rent—can crank up the intensity even more, especially if you’re working and unable to break away to see friends. The underlying uncertainty about how long you might be home and stress about health issues only increase the strain.