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What is the maximum appropriate age for adult children living at home with their parents?
Does the maximum appropriate number change if the son or daughter is in school? Saving for a car or house?
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October 01, 2009 10:23 AM
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I'd say 'adult' is about right. Once a child hits adulthood at 21, it's time to move out, start your own life. There's so much to explore, and living at home will definitely hinder that. You don't want your parents to see each and every boy/girl that visits your room, even if it's just as friends. You want to make your own mistakes, forget to clean th house, and live in a dumpster, only to find out that cleaning is not so bad after all.
Of course there are enough reasons to NOT move out. Money, social situation, education are some of them. But it is my firm belief that even then, moving out is the best action to take, allowing you to sort out things yourself.
Otherwise, they may end up like this:
Of course there are enough reasons to NOT move out. Money, social situation, education are some of them. But it is my firm belief that even then, moving out is the best action to take, allowing you to sort out things yourself.
Otherwise, they may end up like this:
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October 01, 2009 02:19 AM
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That's a tough one. I'll cop out and say "it depends". In general, I think they should be out of the house once they finish school..... unless they are working towards a goal that you can help them achieve by living at home and saving money. Yikes, that's not much of an answer.
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October 01, 2009 06:07 AM
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There is really no maximum age to be staying with your parents. There are a whole lot of problems that can prevent or cause them to not leave. A few examples include:
-Can't afford to leave
-They are physically incapable to (due to disability or injury)
-Family requires aid from them for any reason.
And the list goes on.
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-Can't afford to leave
-They are physically incapable to (due to disability or injury)
-Family requires aid from them for any reason.
And the list goes on.
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October 01, 2009 09:09 AM
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102 years and three months.
In reality, there is no perfect age and every child will be different. My daughter is almost 22 and she lives with me still, but has a 40k per year job and pays her bills. My son, who is 15, will likely live with me forever.
Okay, maybe not forever. I'm not sure I could keep from stringing him up by his toenails that long.
The pint is, as long as they are behaving, working, taking care of themselves and not asking you to live their life for them, pick up after them, and support them, why do they have to move out at all unless they want to?
For me, I hope soon we can build a sort of compound where my children and eventually their children and perhaps our parents too come and live with us, sort of our own little family village.
I think I wish more families were like this... then I remember, my sister and my mother and father, and sometimes I'm glad we don't live so close.
But my kids? I'm crazy about my kids.
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In reality, there is no perfect age and every child will be different. My daughter is almost 22 and she lives with me still, but has a 40k per year job and pays her bills. My son, who is 15, will likely live with me forever.
Okay, maybe not forever. I'm not sure I could keep from stringing him up by his toenails that long.
The pint is, as long as they are behaving, working, taking care of themselves and not asking you to live their life for them, pick up after them, and support them, why do they have to move out at all unless they want to?
For me, I hope soon we can build a sort of compound where my children and eventually their children and perhaps our parents too come and live with us, sort of our own little family village.
I think I wish more families were like this... then I remember, my sister and my mother and father, and sometimes I'm glad we don't live so close.
But my kids? I'm crazy about my kids.
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