A parental lesson
i WaS gripped by yesterday’s story in the Mail about millennials forced to pay rent to live at home.
‘When we first broached the subject with alex, the eldest, he thought it outrageous, saying: “are you serious, you’re going to charge us to live at home?” ’ explained one mother, who receives £200 a month from her son for food and board.
yet this is nothing new: it used to be standard practice in many working households, including mine. When i was born, my parents rented a room off an aunt for the first two years.
Perhaps if more parents impressed upon their youngsters the reality of owning and running a home, we wouldn’t be saddled with a generation about as self-starting as an austin allegro.