Last week's question: An analysis of census data has revealed that 32.1 percent of Americans between 18 and 34 live with their parents — a higher percentage than are living with a spouse or partner. If someone wrote a parenting book about dealing with adult children who don’t leave the nest, what could it be called?
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THE WINNER: "Goodnight Mooch"
Jessica Misuraca, Sonoma, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: "Oh, the Places We Wish You'd Go!"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
THIRD PLACE: "Not Gone Girl"
Valerie Huber, Gettysburg, Pa.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"What to Expect When You're Evicting"
Brent Wilkinson, Campbell, Calif.
"Raising Generation Y Leave"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Nopartum Depression"
Wally Krapf, Macedon, N.Y.
"Booting Out Baby"
Neil Ludlam, Sky Valley, Calif.
"Go Nest, Young Man"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pa.
"Bringing Up Baby: The First 35 Years"
Neil McDevitt, Warrington, Pa.
"The Stuckhome Syndrome"
Lena Rotenberg, Keedysville, Md.
"Emptying The Nest"
Leon Schaller, Burlington, N.C.
"Clingons: The Nest Generation"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"Bringing up Boomerangers: From Basinet to Basement"
Will Heins, New Canaan, Conn.
"The Happiest Millennial On The Block"
Selma Ellis, Rolling Meadows, Ill.
"Handbook of Strategic Basement Flooding"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, N.C.
"Harry Squatter"
Donna Mulcahy, Goshen, Ohio
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