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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- As job losses and foreclosures have adults and their families moving back in with their parents, at least one nonprofit organization sees an opportunity to deepen family bonds and is offering tools to help.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, since last year, 19.9 million adults have moved back in with their parents, an increase of 2.1 million compared to five years ago.

But, families often find it difficult to understand each other, particularly when under financial pressure. That is one reason Christian Grandparenting Network (CGN), a Colorado Springs-based ministry, has developed the Legacy Journal, a free tool to help families capture their shared history.

"This is a real opportunity," says Cavin Harper, founder and president of CGN. "For the first time in decades, a growing number of households have multiple generations living under one roof. The Legacy Journal is one way to help families understand each other."

In its early stages, The Legacy Journal was a simple sheet of paper that children and their grandparents would complete together at CGN-sponsored Grandcamps - traditional summer camps that grandchildren and grandparents attend together. Harper remarks, "I saw the amazing effect that this little piece of paper had on relationships between generations, children laughing at the stories of grandpa's courtship of grandma, listening eagerly to the history of family traditions, working earnestly with their grandparents to describe their family. I realized then that this wasn't just an activity to fill a rainy afternoon at camp--it was a tool that could be properly developed and expanded to create heirloom-quality keepsakes that will be permanent supports to an intergenerational family bond."