I moved back in with my parents at 24. It made me grow up way more than renting with friends. The author, shown packing up her apartment, said that she was initially embarrassed about moving back in with her parents. Courtesy of Eliza Pepper. There's a lot of negative discourse around adult children moving back in with their parents. I made the move last year, after my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I've grown up more over the past few months living at home than I did while renting. Last fall, I felt like a picture of success in my 20s. I was developing a fast-paced career , living in central London with friends, and had just enough time and money to enjoy the city. Then, the life I'd built collapsed. In quick succession, my mum was diagnosed with cancer, and my grandfather suffered a debilitating stroke. While friends continued with the cycle of work and socials, I was shocked into pausing mine to move back in with my parents at 24.…