MULTI gen LIVING Success or stress?

Kids, parents and grandparents all under one roof is on the rise, but it’s not without complications, as Kim Willis explains

Nothing kills that Sunday morning, post-bonk dance around the kitchen quite like having your dad pad into the room and say ‘Oh, are we having pancakes?’ before helping himself to some maple syrup and criticising your moves. Inviting my dad, Bryan, now 81, to move home from Malaysia and live with me, my husband Gaz, 42, and son Heli, two, 12 years ago has been eventful. We bought a farmhouse in Wiltshire and converted the cowshed for Dad. He looked after me when I was a child, so it felt right to return that gift. I cherish our nature walks around the garden, but have also cried, fumed and sulked, because the old man sure can trigger me. When the pandemic forced my sister Tammi, now 48, home from Thailand,…

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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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