But now he lives with you! In other words, family members help each other. This idea of kicking out young people because they are young people is beyond me. The only reason to kick out a young adult is if he is not pulling his own weight, taking dope or hanging around the computer in the basement. I got my first apt. at 18 because I couldn’t stand living with my miserable mother who made my life a living hell. I could have saved a lot of money living at home if she hadn’t been so awful and would have saved a lot of physic energy in worrying that the next landing in the lousy NYC apartment building didn’t harbor a rapist.
No, I was just ready to make my way. And I had your classic American Dream upbringing.
Roots and Wings, if we’re lucky in this world. Children SHOULD want to leave the nest! ;)