How to get your kids to leave home

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There was once a time when things were all very straightforward: the kids left school and either got a job or went to university. Either way, their stuff would be in boxes by the last day of term, they'd be in a sticky bedsit a few days later, and you could finally start converting their room into a study.

Now it emerges that ousting the kids is much harder. So how can you get them out, and should you be in such a rush to rid yourself of your offspring?

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