What's a boomerang kid, and do you have one? ⁠54%

By Matt Galloway⁠0%

6/19/2026, 12:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 240 faulty-reasoning hits from 99 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 52.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (10,142 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 53.70% of the article peer group.

Meet the boomerang kid: a young adult who's moved out for school or work, only to later move back in with mom and dad. 
It's becoming more common than ever - but it can sometimes come at the expense of mom and dad's wallet. 
We hear from a mom and a young adult about how they've adjusted to living with their kids or parents again. 
Then, we speak with financial planner Shannon Lee Simmons about the best way to make a boomerang situation as successful as possible for both parties. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 2.9%CBC: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.2%CBC: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 20.2%Matt Galloway: 8.0%CBC: 3.1%Availability Heuristic20.2%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.3%CBC: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 25.3%Matt Galloway: 1.4%CBC: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias25.3%This article: 34.3%Matt Galloway: 14.8%CBC: 4.2%Framing Effect34.3%This article: 20.2%Matt Galloway: 1.0%CBC: 0.6%Loss Aversion20.2%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.5%CBC: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.4%CBC: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 5.7%CBC: 4.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.5%CBC: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 20.2%Matt Galloway: 13.0%CBC: 5.7%Negativity Bias20.2%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.3%CBC: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.2%CBC: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.1%CBC: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 8.4%CBC: 3.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.6%CBC: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.7%CBC: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 25.3%Matt Galloway: 11.5%CBC: 3.7%Appeal to Authority25.3%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.4%CBC: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.6%CBC: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 20.2%Matt Galloway: 7.4%CBC: 4.8%Hasty Generalization20.2%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.7%CBC: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 2.7%CBC: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 5.9%CBC: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.6%CBC: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.5%CBC: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.4%CBC: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.5%CBC: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 21.2%Matt Galloway: 5.8%CBC: 3.3%Anecdotal21.2%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.8%CBC: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.2%CBC: 1.1%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 21.2%Matt Galloway: 1.0%CBC: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection21.2%This article: 9.1%Matt Galloway: 15.9%CBC: 4.8%Biased Writer Voice9.1%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 6.0%CBC: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 1.5%CBC: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matt Galloway: 0.0%CBC: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 25.3%Matt Galloway: 4.8%CBC: 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…25.3%

99 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker25%attributed speech74writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 24 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 100.0% coverageShannon Lee Simmons • 25 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Shannon Lee Simmons

100%flagged-word coverage
25 attributed words100% of attributed speech68% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Shannon Lee Simmons: 100.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection-28.4 ptsWriter: 28.4%Shannon Lee Simmons: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-12.2 ptsWriter: 12.2%Shannon Lee Simmons: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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