A complete household structure for adult children still under your roof — covering rent, chores, privacy, and visible progress.
Description:
When your child moved back home — or never quite moved out — you probably didn't think you'd still be sharing a kitchen years later. Neither did they.
An adult child living at home is not a houseguest, not a teenager, and not a tenant. They're a fourth thing — and that fourth thing needs its own rules. Without them, resentment builds on both sides. With them, the arrangement can actually work — not as a permanent solution, but as a launchpad that has a structure and a horizon.
For parents who love having their adult child around but know the arrangement needs to change.
What's Inside:
- The six components every living-at-home agreement needs
- How to set financial contribution — three approaches that work
- The chore conversation done specifically, not vaguely
- Privacy and space — for your child and for you
- Guest and partner policies that prevent the most common breakdowns
- How to make progress toward independence visible month by month
- Three worksheets: the Six-Component Builder, the Monthly Check-In Sheet, and the signed Household Agreement
Write the rules once. Live them quietly.