The Good, the Bad, the Beautiful: Moving Back Home During the Pandemic
For many immigrants and next-gens in their 20s and 30s, moving back in with family has led to reconciliation and healing despite generational and cultural divides. Fiza Pirani Mar 3, 2021 3:20PM ET
For some, moving home to live with family amid the pandemic has been restorative
Leaving home when you grow up within a multigenerational household and collectivist culture like mine often feels like a revolutionary act, one that comes with its share of grievances and guilt doubly so if you’re a woman. When I first left my South Asian parents’ home in the Georgia suburbs for my own studio in Atlanta years ago, my father nearly broke down. I’d lived at the college dorms during undergrad, but the thought of my not sharing the same roof for any other reason but school to willingly live independently on my own was unfathomable.