Khalil Gibran, noted thinker, philosopher, author and poet, said children don’t “belong” to their parents. Rather, they are like arrows launched from a bow and thus they belong to the universe. With all due respect, Mr. Gibran forgot to clue-in the kids. Maybe they got launched all right, but they didn’t stay launched. As the Holiday Inn TV ad campaign truthfully and cleverly revealed, millions of the little darlings show up with a mindset that the family home is their private hotel. They bring their meager possessions, maybe an offspring or two and no prospect of gainful employment. If the trend continues, parents should consider reverting to the concept of family farms. Extended families could live together as was the custom decades ago. Not a bad idea, really. Everybody in the family would actually work and grandparents don’t get shipped off to rot in mindless institutions. If a thirty-something adolescent arrives on the doorstep, Pop meets him with a broad smile and a wide hay rake. “Welcome back home, son; you’re just in time to slop the hogs.”