The daughter sounds as though she has a goal in mind - I don't read that she just wants to move home and loaf while mom and dad pay the bills. If parents and adult children can accommodate each other as adults, why not?
If someone has advice about an 18-year-old who is SO not ready to move out - doesn't have a job, has less than $100 in the bank, doesn't see the point of developing the habits that are needed to live on one's own while living at home (he feels that he'll learn once he has to) - I'd certainly like to hear from them. I'm ready to let him go because I know he has to learn, but I feel that the lessons waiting for him are going to put him in a pretty deep hole.
mobetta (anonymous) says...
The daughter sounds as though she has a goal in mind - I don't read that she just wants to move home and loaf while mom and dad pay the bills. If parents and adult children can accommodate each other as adults, why not?
If someone has advice about an 18-year-old who is SO not ready to move out - doesn't have a job, has less than $100 in the bank, doesn't see the point of developing the habits that are needed to live on one's own while living at home (he feels that he'll learn once he has to) - I'd certainly like to hear from them. I'm ready to let him go because I know he has to learn, but I feel that the lessons waiting for him are going to put him in a pretty deep hole.
On Keeping grown kids in the nest isn't a problem, if there's a plan
April 23, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )