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"content": "\u003cp>When I met Rostyslav Fedorko in Kyiv, he was wearing military fatigues and a soft smile. Fatigues, because after three years on the front lines \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030273/if-trump-revokes-ukrainian-refugees-legal-status-many-in-california-fear-deportation\">defending Ukraine from Russian attacks\u003c/a>, he said he doesn’t have many civilian clothes left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smile because he was playing mahjong. Fedorko, 28, is one of a group of some 25 Ukrainian game enthusiasts who gather at a cozy club called Japan Dojo to play Riichi mahjong, a Japanese variant of the tile-based game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene at the club was lighthearted on a Saturday in late April, during a friendly tournament. Little bursts of laughter rose above clacking tiles in a soothing rhythmic polyphony. Everyone had traded their shoes for slippers. Someone had brought a cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was just days after an April 24 Russian missile attack leveled an apartment building in central Kyiv, \u003ca href=\"https://kyivindependent.com/death-toll-of-russias-april-24-strike-on-kyiv-rises-to-13/\">killing 13 civilians\u003c/a> and injuring almost 90 more. But no one was talking about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was in Kyiv thanks to a reporting fellowship with the International Women’s Media Foundation. Over the years, I’d produced many Forum segments on the war in Ukraine, and I jumped at the chance to report from the ground to better understand what daily life is like in a country under siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also wanted to know how people find laughter and distraction amid war, which is how I ended up at Japan Dojo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineGetty-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineGetty-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A damaged residential building is pictured at the site of an air strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2025. Russia’s overnight strike on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least two people and injured 16 others, local authorities said. The attack damaged eight of Kyiv’s 10 districts, hitting residential buildings, along with medical, educational, commercial and transport infrastructure. \u003ccite>(Peter Druk/Xinhua via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fedorko wasn’t having his best game, but that wasn’t the point. He said he plays mahjong to relax, “but in a meaningful way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He serves under near-constant Russian bombardment in the eastern province of Donetsk with Ukraine’s International Defense Legion. He had lost many friends in combat. At the time, he was on a two-month break from active duty at a base near Lviv, about 350 miles from Kyiv. Every Friday, he told me, he takes the overnight train from Lviv to play at the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., like all day,” he said. “I’m here playing mahjong and just talking with people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I understand the impulse to de-stress and connect through mahjong. For years, I’ve played the American version of the game with the same group of San Francisco friends. Mahjong is a great social game — challenging enough to keep us off our phones, but not so challenging that we can’t dish about the world while we play.[aside postID=forum_2010101908775 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/02/PW_Photo-19-1-1020x538.jpg']As we slap down tiles, my friends and I talk about movies, books, our kids, our jobs, our problems. We tackle national politics — or avoid it entirely. And the collective physical rituals involved — the mixing, stacking and laying down of tiles — unite our table of four in common purpose, at least for a couple of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Japan Dojo, Polina Suprunenko, 17, had thought a lot about the sense of peace games could bring. Her eyes twinkled as she sat wrapped in a bright pink fuzzy blanket. She had come to the club with her older brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But even if I come up here alone,” she said, “I always have something to do, and I don’t just end up sitting in the corner and crying and stuff like that. There’s always someone who can play with me, who can help me, who can talk to me. It’s a very open space, and that’s wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polina hadn’t seen her father in a year. A doctor, he chose to stay in their hometown of Kherson to treat soldiers on the front lines. After Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 and occupied Kherson, Polina, her mom and her brother fled to Kyiv. They are among the nearly 4 million Ukrainians that \u003ca href=\"https://www.unrefugees.org/emergencies/ukraine/\">the United Nations estimates\u003c/a> have been internally displaced by war. She said that although Kherson is under constant missile attack, her father is OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047734\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong3-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Riichi mahjong table at Japan Dojo. \u003ccite>(Susan Britton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He understands that he’s helping more people and he’s dedicated to it,” Polina said. “His life has meaning for him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wondered if any of the players felt conflicted about detaching from the war when they immersed themselves in a game. A player named Rina Honcharova, who is also a co-founder of Japan Dojo, said Ukrainians were divided on the subject.[aside postID=news_12042147 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/IMG_1030-1020x765.jpg']Some people, she said, “don’t feel like they can just relax and forget that the war is going on, and they feel guilty when they’re just taking some breaks and just trying to relax on weekends.” Others, she added, criticized those who sought out distraction. But to her, “most people, they don’t understand that you really need some breaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polina may have understood the importance of finding room for breaks better than most. She does not strive to be a doctor like others in her family. Instead, she wants to pursue art and open a cafe where you could relax, sip a coffee and play a game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a while, she felt unsure about her ambition because it didn’t involve saving lives. But then she realized that creating such a space “is what actually saves people,” because it could help reduce the need for mental health care later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like all types of mahjong, Riichi is part skill and part luck. To win a hand, players assemble 14 tiles into four groups of straights or triplets, plus a pair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You also need a \u003cem>yaku\u003c/em>, a special pattern that determines how high you’ll score. Some \u003cem>yaku\u003c/em> are more valuable than others; the rarest are called \u003cem>yakuman\u003c/em>. A regular player could go for a year or more without getting one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/UkraineMahjong2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japan Dojo member Yevhen Kolodko displays his fingernails, painted to resemble Riichi mahjong tiles, in April 2025. \u003ccite>(Susan Britton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Japan Dojo member named Yevhen Kolodko, whose fingernails were exquisitely painted to look like Riichi tiles, said he got a \u003cem>yakuman\u003c/em> a few months earlier: “It was hilarious.” I think he meant it was both thrilling and wildly lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We started talking about luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kolodko told me his family has been fortunate. His brother was drafted but works in tech on a base. His family had to leave their life in Luhansk after Russia seized the Donbas region in 2014, but now they’re OK. Kolodko, a data scientist, thinks about statistics a lot — in mahjong and in war. He reminded me that the chances of being killed in a missile attack in Kyiv, like the one a few days before, remained low in a city with a population of nearly 3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in Ukraine, he added, “We play the lottery every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While I was at Japan Dojo, a few players taught me the basics of Riichi. Later, I showed a group how to play American mahjong with a set I’d brought from California. They were quick studies and peppered me with questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d like to say I had profound thoughts about the irony of our easy collaboration while the U.S. government’s support for Ukraine wavered. 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In her newsletters, she reminds readers that, in many cases, feeling ashamed about being single is due to social pressures and that happiness comes from within — not necessarily from a relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908870/what-do-you-love-about-being-single\">Slawson spoke with Mina Kim on KQED Forum\u003c/a> to talk about why it’s so important to make the most of life regardless of your relationship status, the liberating elements of being single, and how to have real, tough conversations about what being single later in life — or when you want kids — can look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How being single lets you build a relationship with the most important person in your life (yourself)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicola Slawson:\u003c/strong> When I was going through these relationships, I was jumping from one to another and getting my heart broken in each one. 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"content": "\u003cp>For many of us, the idea of rebuilding your life after losing your home and belongings to a wildfire is unthinkable. But for many in Los Angeles, that’s now the reality after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020872/la-fires-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena-wildfire-resources-air-quality\">firestorm leveled thousands of homes and businesses in early January\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This kind of recovery is “a long, hard road,” said Lizz Porter, a small business owner who lives in Colfax. Porter lost her home during the River Fire in Placer County in 2021. The work of rebuilding in the wake of a fire can take years, she said. “It is time consuming. It is heartbreaking. It is exhausting, but it’s also worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porter is one of many Northern Californians who have survived devastating wildfires in recent years — and endured the process of rebuilding their lives. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908557/advice-on-recovering-from-a-wildfire-from-californians-whove-been-there\">a conversation broadcast on KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Porter and other fire survivors shared their emotional and practical advice for people who have only recently started along the path to recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big picture advice for fire survivors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Give yourself space, time and compassion — especially in Year One\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will get through this. It’s not going to be easy. There will be peaks and valleys, but you will get through this,” said Melissa Schuster, owner of Burnt Barn Distilling Company in Paradise, California. Schuster lost her home to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015150/life-after-paradise-one-camp-fire-survivors-long-road-to-a-new-home\">Camp Fire in 2018\u003c/a>. “Just take each moment as it comes and each event as it happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Gray Thompson is the CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://afterthefireusa.org/\">After the Fire\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that helps communities rebuild in the wake of wildfires. Her community in Sonoma was destroyed by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13828118/up-from-the-ashes-six-months-after-the-north-bay-fires\">North Bay fires in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s perfectly natural and normal, for the first year in particular, to be very challenging,” said Thompson. “It can be hard to form words. Your fight or flight [response] is completely activated for a very long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the adrenaline starts to wear off, Thompson added, “a bit of crankiness” can set in. She described the whole first year as “surreal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that you thought was true the day before the fire is completely different the day after the fire, especially for those who lost loved ones, who lost homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25016124878838-scaled-e1737665727227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents embrace in front of a fire-ravaged property after the Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lean into your community\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another piece of shared advice from fire survivors: Gather a community of supporters around you. And don’t be afraid to rely on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let people do things for you,” Leigh-Anne Lehrmann suggested. “Do you have a friend that you can send to the store to buy you some basic clothes or comfort foods? Let them do it. They want to help and you don’t need to spend time doing these errands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lehrmann, the “fun” of shopping was gone after she lost her home to the CZU Lightning Complex fire in 2020. “It quickly becomes a chore, because you don’t \u003cem>want \u003c/em>a new shirt,” she explained. “You want the one that you always liked to wear but now it’s gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehrmann also recommends being transparent about your loss, as you begin to purchase replacement goods and clothing. “Tell the store owner your situation,” she said. “Many stores will give you some level of discount, as their way of helping you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reach out to your work community,” suggested another \u003cem>Forum \u003c/em>listener. “My union was a huge supporter of my family. They asked for my whole family’s clothes sizes. They got us new clothes and suitcases! You always forget that you need a way to carry stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Network, recommended Lehrmann, because you’ll “learn so much from other people as you go through the rebuilding process.” Lehrmann said she and her family formed a special email list with everyone who had the same home insurer, which was “invaluable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to remember that you’re not alone, Thompson said. “You are in this very unique club, a terrible club nobody wanted to be in, but it is full of the very best people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022769\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022769\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers carry water for evacuees from the Eaton Fire dwell at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Los Angeles, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keep yourself open to transformation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many people, said fire survivor Melissa Schuster, their first instinct is to “get the stuff that they’ve lost, rebuild the same house.” Schuster saw it more as “an opportunity, really, for us to do something different and do it better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Schuster’s learnings from the experience: “I don’t need the number of clothes and all the fast fashion and all the stuff that I had before the fire. … I can live in a much smaller footprint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schuster and her husband ultimately decided to rebuild the home they lost, but not exactly as it was. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024420/rebuilding-la-heres-what-fire-survivors-and-experts-say-is-key\">Their new home is less flammable\u003c/a>, using insulated concrete foam — and it took over five years to construct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were in an RV for four and a half years, and I know a lot of people were, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Practical steps for fire survivors to take \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get your bills and finances in order\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Set up a P.O. Box ASAP, says Schuster. “Your mail needs to get to you, and it can’t get [to you] any other way.” You could also lean on a trusted friend or relative for a new mailing address, or redirect mail to your business address, she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accomplish these tasks, Lehrmann said she relied on a checklist. Among her recommendations:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Quickly download an updated estimated value for your home from a real estate site.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask your cellphone carrier if they will give you an unlimited data, voice and message plan at a discount.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Request a waiver of mortgage payments and interest charges for at least three months.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call all of your utilities and either freeze or cancel service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stop payments to your homeowners association.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cancel or update magazines and newspapers to online subscriptions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you lost a car, don’t forget to cancel your car insurance.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the most important step, according to Lehrmann, is to open a dedicated checking account \u003cem>just \u003c/em>for fire expenses and payments from insurance or relief foundations: “Our credit union did this at no charge, and gave us a debit card for that account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should also save receipts carefully, she advised, but having this dedicated checking account and debit card will help with documenting expenses for insurance and tax purposes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Document your losses — and communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most difficult parts of the process, survivors agreed, is taking stock of all the personal property you’ve lost. “This is not fun at all,” said Lehrmann. “Be prepared to cry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To split this task into mentally — and emotionally — manageable chunks, she recommended organizing your list room by room, and listing everything that was there with a replacement cost.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101908557,news_12021661,news_11624683\"]Be specific with brand names of the things you owned, she added — because otherwise you could end up with insurance only covering “a crappy generic item.” And the replacement cost should be what it would currently cost to replace your item, she noted — “not the sale price at Walmart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to list \u003cem>everything\u003c/em>, even if it is above and beyond your policy limit — because those costs can still be considered a loss and claimed as such on your taxes. This process isn’t linear, Thompson said, and you may remember lost items weeks — or months — later. Her tips: Keep an inventory of things you find and remember — for example, while clearing your property. Collect photos of property and belongings to share with your insurance company, and expect to be updating this inventory for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado-based wildfire survivor Dan Hasselbach suggested that to juggle the huge amount of information, numbers and costs you’ll be discussing, you should record all phone conversations (with permission), request everything in writing, write “confirmation emails” back to insurance adjusters and contractors to make sure you have any information in writing — “to make sure everyone is on the same page, and to jog your memory later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plan for long-term temporary housing — and get your insurance involved\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Start searching for a long term rental, advised Lehrman — because “everyone will be grabbing whatever they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should plan on renting for between one and two years, she said, but she advised against signing a lease for a full two years, as your circumstances could change\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>You should call your homeowners or rental insurance to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/loss-of-use-coverage\">trigger “Loss of Use”\u003c/a> coverage, which can help pay for you to live elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also ask your insurance company to ask about allowances for additional living expenses (a.k.a “ALE”) for costs potentially including clothes, toiletries, meal stipends and hotel stays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get familiar with the cleanup and rebuilding process\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You won’t be allowed back inside your home right away after a fire, stressed Thompson — and it helps to know why that is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a wildfire has resulted in fatalities or missing persons, emergency services first will need to conduct searches in the area. After this, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will move in to remove any hazardous waste — which is why Thompson stressed it’s important to fill out a Right of Entry (ROE) form as soon as possible, to give remediators access to your land. “They really want to do this in blocks in order to make it efficient, especially in a large-scale disaster,” she said. “Not doing that can actually hold up the entire neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once the EPA has cleared your neighborhood zone, you’re allowed to sift your individual land — although Thompson noted that some people choose not to. Those that do should wear personal protective equipment (PPE), as there may still be hazardous waste and chemicals on the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget that there will almost certainly be permits to account for, said Lehrmann — such as a permit for removing debris from your property. You may also need a permit to put erosion control in place, or to install a temporary power source and trailer while you build. Get the ball rolling on these permits early, advised Thompson, which can help you move quickly once the land is clear — and this is another reason that organizing with your neighbors into zones or blocks, and designating “zone captains” will be really helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, your home insurance claim may be passed from one insurance adjuster to another over the period it takes to rebuild — perhaps even several times. This means most fire survivors don’t deal with one insurance adjuster who understands the full history of their claim, Thompson explained — and may find themselves having to explain the history of their claim and experience to several adjusters. This is another reason why community is “so important,” she said, and remember that you’re not the only person in your area dealing with this. “You have to be able to lean on your neighbors to share the very best information,” she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zone captains can help collect information for the neighborhood, and help your community advocate collectively with insurance companies and government agencies. Thompson particularly recommended \u003ca href=\"https://uphelp.org/\">UnitedPolicyholders\u003c/a> as “a wonderful resource” for people looking to get organized and informed about their options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Learn about the agencies and resources you have to work with\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies, organizations and advocacy groups that a wildfire survivor might encounter include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ca.gov/support/\">California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection\u003c/a> (Cal Fire)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance\">Federal Emergency Management Agency\u003c/a> (FEMA)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/\">California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003c/a> (CalOES)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/disaster-survivors/state-local-referral-lists/california\">Search for regional offices of emergency management\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://uphelp.org/\">United Policyholders\u003c/a> (nonprofit that supports consumers with insurance)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://afterthefireusa.org/\">After the Fire\u003c/a> (nonprofit that supports fire survivors)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Each jurisdiction will likely set up a recovery center immediately after a wildfire, where representatives from the DMV, the county, the state and insurance companies will gather to field questions from survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lizz Porter said that in the aftermath of the Tubbs Fire, there was a lot of misinformation about what FEMA would or wouldn’t help with. Ignore this, she said, and make an appointment to meet with FEMA anyway — because it will “open doors to other choices.” Porter’s own situation didn’t qualify her for FEMA grants, but it did give her family “the ability to apply for a FEMA disaster recovery loan,” which allowed them to “close that gap between insurance and our actual rebuild cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big picture advice for fire survivors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Give yourself space, time and compassion — especially in Year One\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will get through this. It’s not going to be easy. There will be peaks and valleys, but you will get through this,” said Melissa Schuster, owner of Burnt Barn Distilling Company in Paradise, California. Schuster lost her home to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015150/life-after-paradise-one-camp-fire-survivors-long-road-to-a-new-home\">Camp Fire in 2018\u003c/a>. “Just take each moment as it comes and each event as it happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Gray Thompson is the CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://afterthefireusa.org/\">After the Fire\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that helps communities rebuild in the wake of wildfires. Her community in Sonoma was destroyed by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13828118/up-from-the-ashes-six-months-after-the-north-bay-fires\">North Bay fires in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s perfectly natural and normal, for the first year in particular, to be very challenging,” said Thompson. “It can be hard to form words. Your fight or flight [response] is completely activated for a very long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the adrenaline starts to wear off, Thompson added, “a bit of crankiness” can set in. She described the whole first year as “surreal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that you thought was true the day before the fire is completely different the day after the fire, especially for those who lost loved ones, who lost homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25016124878838-scaled-e1737665727227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents embrace in front of a fire-ravaged property after the Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lean into your community\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another piece of shared advice from fire survivors: Gather a community of supporters around you. And don’t be afraid to rely on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let people do things for you,” Leigh-Anne Lehrmann suggested. “Do you have a friend that you can send to the store to buy you some basic clothes or comfort foods? Let them do it. They want to help and you don’t need to spend time doing these errands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Lehrmann, the “fun” of shopping was gone after she lost her home to the CZU Lightning Complex fire in 2020. “It quickly becomes a chore, because you don’t \u003cem>want \u003c/em>a new shirt,” she explained. “You want the one that you always liked to wear but now it’s gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehrmann also recommends being transparent about your loss, as you begin to purchase replacement goods and clothing. “Tell the store owner your situation,” she said. “Many stores will give you some level of discount, as their way of helping you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reach out to your work community,” suggested another \u003cem>Forum \u003c/em>listener. “My union was a huge supporter of my family. They asked for my whole family’s clothes sizes. They got us new clothes and suitcases! You always forget that you need a way to carry stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Network, recommended Lehrmann, because you’ll “learn so much from other people as you go through the rebuilding process.” Lehrmann said she and her family formed a special email list with everyone who had the same home insurer, which was “invaluable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to remember that you’re not alone, Thompson said. “You are in this very unique club, a terrible club nobody wanted to be in, but it is full of the very best people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022769\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022769\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193205551-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers carry water for evacuees from the Eaton Fire dwell at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Los Angeles, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keep yourself open to transformation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many people, said fire survivor Melissa Schuster, their first instinct is to “get the stuff that they’ve lost, rebuild the same house.” Schuster saw it more as “an opportunity, really, for us to do something different and do it better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Schuster’s learnings from the experience: “I don’t need the number of clothes and all the fast fashion and all the stuff that I had before the fire. … I can live in a much smaller footprint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schuster and her husband ultimately decided to rebuild the home they lost, but not exactly as it was. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024420/rebuilding-la-heres-what-fire-survivors-and-experts-say-is-key\">Their new home is less flammable\u003c/a>, using insulated concrete foam — and it took over five years to construct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were in an RV for four and a half years, and I know a lot of people were, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Practical steps for fire survivors to take \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get your bills and finances in order\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Set up a P.O. Box ASAP, says Schuster. “Your mail needs to get to you, and it can’t get [to you] any other way.” You could also lean on a trusted friend or relative for a new mailing address, or redirect mail to your business address, she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accomplish these tasks, Lehrmann said she relied on a checklist. Among her recommendations:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Quickly download an updated estimated value for your home from a real estate site.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask your cellphone carrier if they will give you an unlimited data, voice and message plan at a discount.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Request a waiver of mortgage payments and interest charges for at least three months.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call all of your utilities and either freeze or cancel service.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stop payments to your homeowners association.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cancel or update magazines and newspapers to online subscriptions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you lost a car, don’t forget to cancel your car insurance.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the most important step, according to Lehrmann, is to open a dedicated checking account \u003cem>just \u003c/em>for fire expenses and payments from insurance or relief foundations: “Our credit union did this at no charge, and gave us a debit card for that account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should also save receipts carefully, she advised, but having this dedicated checking account and debit card will help with documenting expenses for insurance and tax purposes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Document your losses — and communication\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most difficult parts of the process, survivors agreed, is taking stock of all the personal property you’ve lost. “This is not fun at all,” said Lehrmann. “Be prepared to cry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To split this task into mentally — and emotionally — manageable chunks, she recommended organizing your list room by room, and listing everything that was there with a replacement cost.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Be specific with brand names of the things you owned, she added — because otherwise you could end up with insurance only covering “a crappy generic item.” And the replacement cost should be what it would currently cost to replace your item, she noted — “not the sale price at Walmart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to list \u003cem>everything\u003c/em>, even if it is above and beyond your policy limit — because those costs can still be considered a loss and claimed as such on your taxes. This process isn’t linear, Thompson said, and you may remember lost items weeks — or months — later. Her tips: Keep an inventory of things you find and remember — for example, while clearing your property. Collect photos of property and belongings to share with your insurance company, and expect to be updating this inventory for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado-based wildfire survivor Dan Hasselbach suggested that to juggle the huge amount of information, numbers and costs you’ll be discussing, you should record all phone conversations (with permission), request everything in writing, write “confirmation emails” back to insurance adjusters and contractors to make sure you have any information in writing — “to make sure everyone is on the same page, and to jog your memory later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Plan for long-term temporary housing — and get your insurance involved\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Start searching for a long term rental, advised Lehrman — because “everyone will be grabbing whatever they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You should plan on renting for between one and two years, she said, but she advised against signing a lease for a full two years, as your circumstances could change\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>You should call your homeowners or rental insurance to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/loss-of-use-coverage\">trigger “Loss of Use”\u003c/a> coverage, which can help pay for you to live elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also ask your insurance company to ask about allowances for additional living expenses (a.k.a “ALE”) for costs potentially including clothes, toiletries, meal stipends and hotel stays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get familiar with the cleanup and rebuilding process\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You won’t be allowed back inside your home right away after a fire, stressed Thompson — and it helps to know why that is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a wildfire has resulted in fatalities or missing persons, emergency services first will need to conduct searches in the area. After this, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will move in to remove any hazardous waste — which is why Thompson stressed it’s important to fill out a Right of Entry (ROE) form as soon as possible, to give remediators access to your land. “They really want to do this in blocks in order to make it efficient, especially in a large-scale disaster,” she said. “Not doing that can actually hold up the entire neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once the EPA has cleared your neighborhood zone, you’re allowed to sift your individual land — although Thompson noted that some people choose not to. Those that do should wear personal protective equipment (PPE), as there may still be hazardous waste and chemicals on the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t forget that there will almost certainly be permits to account for, said Lehrmann — such as a permit for removing debris from your property. You may also need a permit to put erosion control in place, or to install a temporary power source and trailer while you build. Get the ball rolling on these permits early, advised Thompson, which can help you move quickly once the land is clear — and this is another reason that organizing with your neighbors into zones or blocks, and designating “zone captains” will be really helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, your home insurance claim may be passed from one insurance adjuster to another over the period it takes to rebuild — perhaps even several times. This means most fire survivors don’t deal with one insurance adjuster who understands the full history of their claim, Thompson explained — and may find themselves having to explain the history of their claim and experience to several adjusters. This is another reason why community is “so important,” she said, and remember that you’re not the only person in your area dealing with this. “You have to be able to lean on your neighbors to share the very best information,” she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zone captains can help collect information for the neighborhood, and help your community advocate collectively with insurance companies and government agencies. Thompson particularly recommended \u003ca href=\"https://uphelp.org/\">UnitedPolicyholders\u003c/a> as “a wonderful resource” for people looking to get organized and informed about their options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407566-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evacuees from the Palisades fire are seen at an evacuation and shelter center at Westwood Recreation Center in Los Angeles, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Learn about the agencies and resources you have to work with\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies, organizations and advocacy groups that a wildfire survivor might encounter include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ca.gov/support/\">California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection\u003c/a> (Cal Fire)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance\">Federal Emergency Management Agency\u003c/a> (FEMA)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/\">California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003c/a> (CalOES)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/disaster-survivors/state-local-referral-lists/california\">Search for regional offices of emergency management\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://uphelp.org/\">United Policyholders\u003c/a> (nonprofit that supports consumers with insurance)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://afterthefireusa.org/\">After the Fire\u003c/a> (nonprofit that supports fire survivors)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Each jurisdiction will likely set up a recovery center immediately after a wildfire, where representatives from the DMV, the county, the state and insurance companies will gather to field questions from survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lizz Porter said that in the aftermath of the Tubbs Fire, there was a lot of misinformation about what FEMA would or wouldn’t help with. Ignore this, she said, and make an appointment to meet with FEMA anyway — because it will “open doors to other choices.” Porter’s own situation didn’t qualify her for FEMA grants, but it did give her family “the ability to apply for a FEMA disaster recovery loan,” which allowed them to “close that gap between insurance and our actual rebuild cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you were a college student in the latter half of the 20th century, you might have experienced a then-common ritual: Once a week, you’d call home on a landline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just wasn’t expected that you would want to be [more] in touch if you’re an independent adult,” \u003cem>Atlantic\u003c/em> staff writer Faith Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill has been writing about politics and culture for almost a decade, and while reporting on \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/01/living-alone-adulthood-growing-up/677235/\">modern American coming-of-age experiences\u003c/a>, she noticed a shift in the frequency of communication between young adult children and their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weekly landline calls are now a thing of the past — and it’s not just the technology that has changed. Recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/01/25/parents-young-adult-children-and-the-transition-to-adulthood/\">Pew surveys\u003c/a> found that more than 70% of parents with kids between 18 and 34 talk with them multiple times a week — and nearly 60% helped their adult kids financially in the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant portion of adults are now relying on their parents for financial support, career, or relationship advice well into their thirties, Hill said. In many cases, they’re also cohabitating. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/nearly-half-of-young-adults-are-living-back-home-with-parents?embedded-checkout=true\">Harris poll\u003c/a> found that young adults living with their parents has become \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/09/04/a-majority-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-live-with-their-parents-for-the-first-time-since-the-great-depression/\">the most common living arrangement for people under 30 since the Great Depression\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/08/24/americans-more-likely-to-say-its-a-bad-thing-than-a-good-thing-that-more-young-adults-live-with-their-parents/\">view this increased reliance on parents as a sign of overdependence\u003c/a>, suggesting that young adults struggle to become independent — but Hill said this overlooks how the parent-child relationship has evolved over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We haven’t always associated adulthood with independence and leaving family behind, she explained, pointing to the prevalence of family-owned businesses and multigenerational households up until the early 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was only after World War II that federal programs like the GI Bill, for instance, gave young people the incentive to buy their own house. And then that led to couples both marrying earlier and being more likely to go live on their own,” she said. “[It] started changing the culture and the way we think of maturity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today’s close-knit relationships between parents and their adult children reflect a return to earlier forms of interdependence. That may not be a bad thing, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of times the assumption is that these adult kids are… a drain on their parents who are just hoping to sort of retire and have their own life and not worry about this. But that isn’t really what the research shows,” Hill said. “It seems like both parents and adult kids are benefiting from these relationships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social trends toward more “enmeshed” parent-child relationships are the subject of Faith Hill’s recent Atlantic article, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/07/modern-parenting-grown-children/678942/\">The New Age of Endless Parenting\u003c/a>. Research indicates that the close relationships between parents and adult children are generally positive, with both parties benefiting from mutual support. Young adults who live with their parents often contribute to household income or caregiving, creating a balanced, interdependent relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Forum host Mina Kim \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906693/endless-parenting-how-our-definition-of-child-rearing-is-changing\">recently spoke with Hill\u003c/a> about her reporting and took a closer look at the benefits and challenges of long-term parenting. KQED listeners also shared their parenting experiences, and licensed psychotherapist Kelly Nguyen gave advice on how to navigate these hyper-connected family relationships.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Economics and the benefits of multigenerational living\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Multigenerational living has grown steadily more common. Hill said this is partly due to higher living and housing costs — meaning that many young adults are now eating, working, and hanging out with their parents every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While young people in the previous century may have helped their parents work a farm or run a business, she notes that the current model looks more casual and less centered on labor. Children are hanging out with their parents after school or work, talking about life details and watching television shows together. Though economic factors play a role, Hill said many families experience social benefits to multigenerational households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff, a listener, wrote: “My 30-year-old daughter lives with my wife and me. The money she saves on rent enables her to build wealth for herself rather than some landlord. She’s welcome to stay here with us as long as she wants to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener, Marie, shared that the economic downturn in 2020 “benefited us in the sense that we did develop a three-generational household.” Marie’s mother moved in with her and her children — and became a source of support during a stressful time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mother was parenting my kids in a different way than I was. And she could do things because of her age and wisdom that I couldn’t,” Marie said. “She did a lot of modeling. She didn’t, like, tell them what to do, but she showed them what to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike in Cupertino called to share that he lives with his parents now. The money he’s saving by paying a discounted rent to his parents allows him to pay for his own children’s school and life expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m able to help my two young adult kids pay rent and survive out here,” Mike said. “It’s a good thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I think a lot of times the assumption is that these adult kids are… a drain on their parents who are just hoping to sort of retire and have their own life and not worry about this. But that isn’t really what the research shows,” \u003cem>Atlantic\u003c/em> staff writer Faith Hill said. “It seems like both parents and adult kids are benefiting from these relationships.” \u003ccite>(Getty Images/MoMo Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The age of hyperconnectivity\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even when young adults and their parents are not living together, smartphone and internet access make it possible to stay more connected on a daily basis, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common for family members to text each other, sharing “the little things that you’re seeing when you’re in the grocery store, the funny thing that happened at work… or the thing that’s upsetting you that doesn’t feel worth bringing up to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evolving technology has given people an easy way to exchange the “minutiae of everyday lives,” and that has led to opportunities for closer emotional connection, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom and I talk a few times a week, and I love it,” a listener wrote. “Our relationship has actually improved as we share more small details about our lives. We swap Wordle scores and talk about movies, which makes it a lot easier to navigate more difficult conversations within our family when they come up. We’ve got more understanding and rapport than when I was a teenager.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Redefining maturity milestones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The transition to adulthood is also taking longer, on average, Hill said. Traditional maturity milestones like getting married, having children, or owning a home happen later in life for many young people — if they happen at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People still need some kind of role like that the spouse used to take,” she said. “Some guaranteed support, someone who’s always gonna be there.” For many young adults who are getting married later (or never), this supportive partner has become their parent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The assignment is just different now when you have a kid,” Hill observed. “It used to be more, like, you are supposed to raise your kid well enough so that they are equipped to go out and live their own life independently.” Now, she said, it’s an assignment that takes longer: “A lifelong commitment to being in your kid’s life even when they’re an adult and fostering a deep, meaningful relationship with them that will last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Building healthy relationship boundaries\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This life-long parenting assignment can lead to conflict — especially as parents and young adults learn to express themselves and define their independent lives in close quarters, licensed psychotherapist Kelly Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a close relationship with your parents, [but] they’re completely hovering and, like, getting in the way of other relationships in your life,” honest communication is the best strategy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen recommended sitting down with your parent or young adult child and approaching a conversation about boundaries with “curiosity.” And embrace humility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is there room in your relationship… to make space for feelings?” Nguyen encouraged listeners to ask themselves. “Not just positive feelings in the relationship, but is there room to kinda hear about what’s not going well in the relationship? And can there be space to think about that together?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners shared their own challenges — and successes — navigating boundaries with both parents and children in their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have enjoyed a fairly close relationship with my father, who lives just a few miles from me,” one listener wrote. “I noticed, however, that as my own children grow up, new tensions arise in my relationship with my dad, who often blurs the line between being a grandparent and parent to my children. I had to explicitly ask him to let me parent my children while he can be their grandparent. We are still navigating this dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener shared their struggle, as a parent, to balance protective instincts with their child’s need for independence, saying: “Our [daughter] is intellectually disabled and still lives at home with us. This is common in such situations, but she does not appreciate that it isn’t as different from typically developed young adults as it was in the past few decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen added that “letting go” can be especially difficult on the parenting side of a relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully, as parents,” she said, “You could… try to learn more [about your child’s life] without telling them what to do or not.” She suggested approaching conversations with the intention of thinking together and sharing ideas — not advice, which may be less appreciated. 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Listener Noel cautioned: “We need to redefine how we see maturity, but also keep in mind how this trend can stifle independence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several listeners reflected on the importance of allowing young people to experience new things for themselves and make choices independent of their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have an incoming college freshman, and it’s just kind of funny but also sad to see other parents of these young adults trying to set up pre-dorm move-in playdate[s] for these kids,” listener Lilly said. “I think parents are sometimes trying to do too much for them… we want to be really close with our kids, our adult children, of course, but [we need to let] them experience these new things and be there for them when they fail, which they invariably will because those are all learning experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew, another listener, agreed. He added, “My experience as an exchange student in Barcelona in 1976 was so different… the expense of long-distance calls at the time [allowed] me to be more autonomous. What are young folks missing out on in the era of constant contact?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener, Hari in Fremont, observed that the experience of placing weekly phone calls to one’s parents didn’t apply to all households — even in previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Multigenerational households are still kind of the norm in Far East Asia, at least the way I grew up,” Hari said. “And it has a lot of benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"forum, kqed-forum\" label=\"More From Forum\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hari went on to share that many of his friends and family members still live in multigenerational homes, and that’s allowed them to plan with their children for big expenses like college tuition or first homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharing household labor and caretaking for loved ones was another common theme. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Economics and the benefits of multigenerational living\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Multigenerational living has grown steadily more common. Hill said this is partly due to higher living and housing costs — meaning that many young adults are now eating, working, and hanging out with their parents every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While young people in the previous century may have helped their parents work a farm or run a business, she notes that the current model looks more casual and less centered on labor. Children are hanging out with their parents after school or work, talking about life details and watching television shows together. Though economic factors play a role, Hill said many families experience social benefits to multigenerational households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff, a listener, wrote: “My 30-year-old daughter lives with my wife and me. The money she saves on rent enables her to build wealth for herself rather than some landlord. She’s welcome to stay here with us as long as she wants to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener, Marie, shared that the economic downturn in 2020 “benefited us in the sense that we did develop a three-generational household.” Marie’s mother moved in with her and her children — and became a source of support during a stressful time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mother was parenting my kids in a different way than I was. And she could do things because of her age and wisdom that I couldn’t,” Marie said. “She did a lot of modeling. She didn’t, like, tell them what to do, but she showed them what to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike in Cupertino called to share that he lives with his parents now. The money he’s saving by paying a discounted rent to his parents allows him to pay for his own children’s school and life expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m able to help my two young adult kids pay rent and survive out here,” Mike said. “It’s a good thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/GettyImages-1363285199_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I think a lot of times the assumption is that these adult kids are… a drain on their parents who are just hoping to sort of retire and have their own life and not worry about this. But that isn’t really what the research shows,” \u003cem>Atlantic\u003c/em> staff writer Faith Hill said. “It seems like both parents and adult kids are benefiting from these relationships.” \u003ccite>(Getty Images/MoMo Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The age of hyperconnectivity\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even when young adults and their parents are not living together, smartphone and internet access make it possible to stay more connected on a daily basis, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common for family members to text each other, sharing “the little things that you’re seeing when you’re in the grocery store, the funny thing that happened at work… or the thing that’s upsetting you that doesn’t feel worth bringing up to other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evolving technology has given people an easy way to exchange the “minutiae of everyday lives,” and that has led to opportunities for closer emotional connection, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom and I talk a few times a week, and I love it,” a listener wrote. “Our relationship has actually improved as we share more small details about our lives. We swap Wordle scores and talk about movies, which makes it a lot easier to navigate more difficult conversations within our family when they come up. We’ve got more understanding and rapport than when I was a teenager.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Redefining maturity milestones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The transition to adulthood is also taking longer, on average, Hill said. Traditional maturity milestones like getting married, having children, or owning a home happen later in life for many young people — if they happen at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People still need some kind of role like that the spouse used to take,” she said. “Some guaranteed support, someone who’s always gonna be there.” For many young adults who are getting married later (or never), this supportive partner has become their parent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The assignment is just different now when you have a kid,” Hill observed. “It used to be more, like, you are supposed to raise your kid well enough so that they are equipped to go out and live their own life independently.” Now, she said, it’s an assignment that takes longer: “A lifelong commitment to being in your kid’s life even when they’re an adult and fostering a deep, meaningful relationship with them that will last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Building healthy relationship boundaries\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This life-long parenting assignment can lead to conflict — especially as parents and young adults learn to express themselves and define their independent lives in close quarters, licensed psychotherapist Kelly Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a close relationship with your parents, [but] they’re completely hovering and, like, getting in the way of other relationships in your life,” honest communication is the best strategy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen recommended sitting down with your parent or young adult child and approaching a conversation about boundaries with “curiosity.” And embrace humility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is there room in your relationship… to make space for feelings?” Nguyen encouraged listeners to ask themselves. “Not just positive feelings in the relationship, but is there room to kinda hear about what’s not going well in the relationship? And can there be space to think about that together?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners shared their own challenges — and successes — navigating boundaries with both parents and children in their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have enjoyed a fairly close relationship with my father, who lives just a few miles from me,” one listener wrote. “I noticed, however, that as my own children grow up, new tensions arise in my relationship with my dad, who often blurs the line between being a grandparent and parent to my children. I had to explicitly ask him to let me parent my children while he can be their grandparent. We are still navigating this dynamic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener shared their struggle, as a parent, to balance protective instincts with their child’s need for independence, saying: “Our [daughter] is intellectually disabled and still lives at home with us. This is common in such situations, but she does not appreciate that it isn’t as different from typically developed young adults as it was in the past few decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen added that “letting go” can be especially difficult on the parenting side of a relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully, as parents,” she said, “You could… try to learn more [about your child’s life] without telling them what to do or not.” She suggested approaching conversations with the intention of thinking together and sharing ideas — not advice, which may be less appreciated. 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But the experts agree charm and playfulness can go a long way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be a bit [more] outspoken than some people are used to, but it’s not this nasty ‘toe-to-toe fighting’ that’s going to get you the best results,” Dagher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need information about right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“If they’re probably getting yelled at all day by disgruntled customers … you’re just another person yelling at them for something they probably have zero control over. Why are they going to be motivated to help you?” Dagher continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They probably won’t. And then you’ll feel yucky afterward. And they will, too. 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For example, haggling is simply expected in many other countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shell adds that in a time of inflation, “just asking” is not a bad habit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people say, ‘I feel terrible negotiating for myself. I feel greedy,'” said Shell. “I say, ‘Well, then don’t negotiate for yourself. Think of who you’re negotiating for.’ Is it your children? Is that their college education? Is it your future retirement fund?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, “it’s rare that someone has too \u003cem>much\u003c/em> money to take care of their financial security, or their self-respect, later in life,” said Shell. “And so, again, it’s not what you ask for. 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When she passed, it was going to be broken up so that my half-sisters could each have a piece of it. They voted, unbeknownst to me, that since I was the oldest girl, I should receive it.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"KQED Forum listener Sparrow\"]'When my dad passed away, I got a gold coin and a chain from him, and I never took it off. It stays right over my heart.'[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I cry twice when I see it sparkle — once missing my grandmother and thinking of memories — sometimes laughing. And twice at the generosity of my sisters. \u003cstrong>\u003cem>— Anonymous\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have two cherished heirlooms from my late mother: her wedding and engagement rings. I wear these only for the Christmas holiday. My mother wore her wedding band often, but rarely wore her one-carat diamond engagement band. 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