Today,many College Graduates Find Themselves Unable to Afford the Costs

question 34

Multiple Choice

Today,many college graduates find themselves unable to afford the costs of living on their own and,at least temporarily,live with their parents again.What good news about families can we take from this trend?

• A) It allows parents to have more of a say in their children's romantic lives.
• B) That so many children are willing to live with their parents again suggests that they have closer relationships with parents than previous generations did.
• C) College students today are taking less time to finish college and moving past the "student" phase of their lives more quickly than in the past.
• D) By living with their parents, these college graduates save money and demonstrate fiscal responsibility in ways that the past generation did not.

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