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I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN. WELCOME TO “MATTER OF FACT.” GRADUATION SEASON HERE.IS AND IT LOOKS MORE LIKE WHAT WE’RE USED TO. BUT GRADUATES ARE FACING BIG CHALLENGES CREATED BY A STALLED ECONOMY, THE RESULOFT COVID-19. MORE THAN HALF OF YOUNG AMERICANS AGES 18 TO 29 NOW VELI WITH THEIR PARENTS. IS IT A FAILURE TO LAUNCH? OR A SIGN OF THE TIMES? WE START WITH ONE YOUNG WOMAN’S STORY. >> I’M ANDY KANARAS, AND I’M A FREELANCE WRITER AND ETODIR. I MOVED BACK HOME BEFORE SPRING BREAK OF COLLEGE MY SENIOR YR,EA AND I’VE BEEN HERE SINCE MARCH OF 20.02 NOW I LIVE WITH MY TWO SIBLINGS, MY PARENTS AND MY GRANDPARENTS. THE HARDEST PART ABOUT LIVING IN A MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD IS THE CONFLICTING PERSONALITIES, DAY TO DAY NEEDS AND PRIVA,CY I’D SAY. I THINK THERE’S SOME DAYS WHEN I WANT TO GET OUT AND START LIVING MY LIFE IN A SENSE, WHAT PEOEPL EXPECT YOUNG ADULTHOOD TO LOOK LIKE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I’M NOT NECESSARILY IN A RUSTOH MOVE OUT. I’VE REALLY APPRECIATED THIS TIME THAT I’VE HAD WITH MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY GRANDPARENTS. THRIE SE OF MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING, IT’S A STRENGTH IN PART BECAUSE WE’RE MOVING AWAY FROM AN INDIVIDUALIST CULTURE TO MORE COLLECTIVIST WHERE WE APPRECIATE OTHER PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVES. AND WE’RE NOT AS ISOLATED PEOPLE EXPECT THE FIRST YEAR OUT OF COLLEGE TO BE A TIME OF GROWTH, A TIME OF EXCITENTME WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES, AND THEY GO OUT IN THE WORLD, AND THEY DO THEIR OWN THING. I THINK I’VE GROWN MORE THIS PAST YEAR THAN I COULD HAVE EVER GROWN. I’VE GROWN MORE CONNECTED TO MY FAMILY AND I’VE GROWN SO MUCH MORE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. NOW, I FEEL REALLY GROUNDED AND I WOUL’DNT HAVE IT ANY