I have heard it described as “boomerang syndrome” before. It is when you finally get your adult child out of the house, but then they end up coming back. And this is exactly what my daughter has done a few times. Don’t get me wrong, I love my daughter. But I have done my part. She is grown up now, and she needed to start living on her own.

One of the problems that she had was finding steady employment. I know; I’ve heard it all before. Yes, it is tough out there right now. But I laid down the law this last time and told her she needed to get out. But I didn’t just kick her to the curb. I told her I would pay for her to learn how to do medical billing. Once trained, those jobs are easy to find. And anything in healthcare seems like it will have good job security.

So she did the online medical billing training and got a job right away. And as of last week she is out from under my roof! She rented a place not far from my house. She is still coming over to my house to do laundry, but I’m OK with that.