Some parents expand pandemic bubble to include children s girlfriends and boyfriends
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Lambeth Hochwald, CNN
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(CNN) While socializing and dating in person may have mostly fizzled this past year, as could be expected in a pandemic, in some cases it s accelerating relationships faster than parents might otherwise have allowed.
Parents are letting their children s boyfriends and girlfriends join family quarantine bubbles.
Even former President Barack Obama is not immune to these changing societal norms. He revealed on a mid-December episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast that his quarantine household included 22-year-old daughter Malia Obama s boyfriend.
It s one of the most interesting cultural shifts to happen during the pandemic. Parents are letting their older teens and kids in their early 20s play house with a boyfriend or girlfriend, and surprise some of these live-in setups are working.