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This. As someone who has 3 adult children all out of the house now, I would take this a step further and say we have an obligation as parents to teach our young adult children how to be self sufficient. Learning how to find a job and stay employed, pay rent and bills etc are all life skills that we should be teaching our kids as they mature. If they don't have plans to continue with school then they should be working. It is a mistake to let kids stay dependent on you for the long term when they should be starting their own careers and/or finding their place in the world.

I had a neighbor years ago who passed away suddenly and he had two adult kids living with him in their early-mid 20s that weren't working or going to school. After a few months the bank foreclosed on their house and kicked the kids out. They had no money and no place to live, I'm not sure what ended up happening to them. Give your kids a fighting chance in the world people by helping them become functional adults.



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