A sagging economy has left the young with dismal options: Eat bitterness or become your mom’s personal assistant.
Life at home.
Photographer: Oscar Wong
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I find it kind of bizarre that right now on social media, stay-at-home girlfriends are trending in the US, while in China, stay-at-home children are trending. What is going on? Our boyfriends are doubling as our bosses and our parents are signing our paychecks? Is the world so convoluted that we’re being forced to regress into an era where home life and work life are one in the same?
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