Daily Mail

A parental lesson

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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.

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