Stay-At-Home Sons | Really? no, Really?

Stay-At-Home Sons | Really? no, Really?

From Really? no, Really? with Jason Alexander & Peter Tilden by Cloud10

April 7, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of stay-at-home sons and the cultural and economic factors contributing to this trend.

There are both economic and cultural issues why young people would opt into living with their parents. But with today's housing affordability crisis, the number of young people living with their parents has gone up 33%. This has contributed to the rise of the trend known as stay-at-home sons, made popular by influencer, Luke Parkhurst, but there's also a cultural aspect behind the stay-at-home sons movement. On this episode of Really? no Really?, Jason and Peter sit down with journalist, Shane O'Neill, who reported on the Stay-At-Home Sons trend for the Washington Post. Shane will provide us with his insight into how this trend started and how influencers like the Stay-At-Home Sons Club have been creating & monetizing content about living with their parents. Jason, Peter and Shane also highlight that with the demise of print media, it could lead to more people having to move back in with their parents. We'll let Shane elaborate more on that and how during COVID we saw a peak of young people moving back in with their parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Alexander, Peter Tilden

Guest: Shane O'Neill

Topics covered

  • stay-at-home sons
  • housing affordability
  • cultural trends
  • influencers
  • COVID-19 impact

Keywords

  • stay-at-home sons
  • housing crisis
  • influencers
  • Shane O'Neill
  • COVID-19

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post

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