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Message of love from the sea

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AUSTRALIA-When Tom Tilney went for a regular morning stroll along Moore Park Beach, he found something out of the ordinary washed up on the shore that brought tears to his eyes.

The Moore Park local said he was walking his dog yesterday morning when he came across a wooden toy boat decorated with a flower and a small note wedged inside.

“It had been washed up and was sitting at the high tide mark,” he said.

“I dried off the note and when I read the story I was really touched but what it said.”

 

The note reads:

Dear Poppy,

Happy Birthday.

I hope u have the best birthday of your life.

Hope u get a chance to make a wish of your choice to come true.

Me and Charlie can’t wait for you too come home from fishing. We all miss you so much and love you so much too you and back.

My heart misses you so much. Today made me sad.

The first November with out u and thinking of that makes me sad.

Roses are Red

Violets are blue

and I know I miss u

Love from your Angel Charlie and Deago

P.S Please come back soon

xoxo

*The note has been copied as it was written.

 

Mr Tilney said it was the relationship he had with his own grandchild that really struck a chord with him when he read the letter.

“My granddaughter calls me poppy so that really hit a soft spot,” he said.

“I thought, that is love. That’s two kids who really want their poppy back, they want him to come home.”

“I am not a sook but that definitely brought tears to my eyes.”

Mr Tilney said he had kept the boat and letter safe in case the children wanted their items back.

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Source: Message of love from the sea | News Mail

More young adults are failing to launch or ‘boomerang’ home: study

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The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne, concluded that the changing nature of family living situations often led to avoidable conflict.

Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke and Katherine Burn, from the University’s Faculty of Medicine, Health and Dentistry Sciences, examined both ‘boomerang kids’ (those who return home) and ‘failure to launch’ kids (those who never left).

The project reviewed 20 studies involving 20 million people worldwide was published in Maturitas.

“A lot of the conflict that arises in these situations is avoidable if the roles and expectations of both parties are redefined from the outset,” Assoc Prof Szoeke said.

The research shows:

  • The shifting economic climate and changes in social norms were driving the phenomenon of kids staying at home for longer.
  • The main reasons for young adults choosing to remain at home were for stability and additional support while they transition to university or employment.
  • Divorce, unemployment and health problems often led to children returning. This return under negative circumstances can heavily impact on the wellbeing of everyone in the household.
  • Parents who are well-educated, married and well-off tend to have children who stay home longer, whereas children who grow up in households with a single parent, or step-parent, or didn’t finish high school, tend to leave early.

“For young adults grappling with financial and domestic independence, the family home represents a safe haven,” co-investigator Katherine Burn said.

“But parents can become beleaguered by the financial and emotional demands of their dependent adult children and struggle to maintain their own independence.”

Associate Professor Cassandra Szoeke added that adult children living at home often didn’t contribute to housework and were a financial drain on the parents, disrupting plans for retirement.

“Delayed independence and multigenerational households result in changes in family structure and relationships and has a strong impact on the lives of both the parents and adult children,” Associate Professor Szoeke said.

The investigators concluded more research is needed to examine this growing social phenomenon.

Source: University of Melbourne

Source: More young adults are failing to launch or ‘boomerang’ home: Study | Science Codex

Drone carrying drug and mobile phones crashes at Manchester jail

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A drone carrying drugs and mobile phones to prisoners inside HMP Manchester has crashed.

Officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed that smugglers tried to navigate the drone into the prison known locally as Strangeways before it crash landed.

Prison officers recovered the drone and contraband which was said to have contained phones and SIM cards.

Source: Drone carrying drug and mobile phones crashes at Manchester jail – Yahoo News UK