CARY – Sick with mono and without the energy to keep his job, Conor Dalton knew he had one option – call home.

At the time, the now-25-year-old was living in Orem, Utah, taking classes at Utah Valley University while working to pay the bills. He needed to regroup. Dalton called his parents and in August 2011 moved back home with them and his three younger siblings.

“Sometimes, we’re so on top of each other that it’s easy to clash,” said Dalton, who is studying English at McHenry County College. “But we still work it out.”