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re: Is kicking children out of the house when they turn 18, or mess up, a thing of the past?
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:23 pm to The Scofflaw
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:23 pm to The Scofflaw
I was raised that way as were my siblings. I went to LSU on a scholarship, my brother joined the Navy and my sister shacked up with men. We all ended up okay but it was a very disadvantaged way to start out in life. Actually, all three of us are pretty affluent.
I had one Son and did just the opposite for him. I even bought him a condo to live in while attending college at UF. He’s doing quite well already in life. He’s an engineer, owns a home and has a great girlfriend. He’s 26.
I had one Son and did just the opposite for him. I even bought him a condo to live in while attending college at UF. He’s doing quite well already in life. He’s an engineer, owns a home and has a great girlfriend. He’s 26.
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Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:34 pm to wackatimesthree
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You can get health insurance through the college at reasonable rates if you are a student. You have no business having a car payment at that age. That's something the parents can do as a sendoff to college, buy the child a beater to use while in college, and now they have busses that pick students up from all over town and bus them to campus for free. They bus them other places too. And if you don't have parents who can do that, you don't have to have a car for most college situations. Plenty of students just rode their bikes to school and work when I was in college. The government gives out student loans like they are candy, so you don't have to pay for tuition or books while in school. We're only talking about living expenses. Totally doable. Better major in something with a good ROI, though.
We’re talking about 18 year olds supporting themselves, not taking out student loans. That’s kind of the antithesis of supporting yourself
This post was edited on 12/17/24 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 12/17/24 at 9:34 pm to The Scofflaw
You can't blame the dad for being upset. Getting pregnant by a jobless loser she has known for 2 months is irresponsible. I would tell her that she can stay but has to get a job. The father of the baby would be turned over to child support enforcement. He would also not be allowed on my property.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 11:31 pm to wackatimesthree
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Oh no, don't have a conversation with them. They'll be shaking in their shoes!
Seeing as whole political agendas revolve around shielding kids from from reading books with a gay couple in it because parents are too afraid to have a conversation with their kid, yeah, if my son has a lazy gamer phase instead of being productive, we will have a talk
Posted on 12/17/24 at 11:44 pm to The Scofflaw
Well.aside from that slut.
I have two teenage boys. My policy is that if you’re ever in trouble and you need help I’m there. The expectation is that you’re working to get out of trouble and getting yourself able to stand on your own.
I have two teenage boys. My policy is that if you’re ever in trouble and you need help I’m there. The expectation is that you’re working to get out of trouble and getting yourself able to stand on your own.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 11:45 pm to The Scofflaw
In today’s world, if you dump your kids in a time of need they will almost definitely fail. There was a time where a lesson could be good, but our economic position in this world is not that good.
Posted on 12/17/24 at 11:50 pm to The Scofflaw
Marge: Homer, you remember the promise you made to the kids? (In regards to Camp Krusty)
Homer: sure do! When you’re 18, you’re out the door!
Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:01 am to wackatimesthree
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The government gives out student loans like they are candy, so you don't have to pay for tuition or books while in school. We're only talking about living expenses. Totally doable.
Just creates more poverty. These people are saddled with debt which puts them incredibly far behind. Can’t afford a house or kids until their 40s so now they have to work into their 70s to be able to retire. That lessens the opportunity for future generations and then start the whole process over.
Why you idiots knight for this shite is mind blowing. It’s bad for everybody to make shite unaffordable and inaccessible. Congrats on being tough though, we’re all impressed.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:44 am to The Scofflaw
Arabs, Indians, Asians etc all stay in one house and pool their money together. That's what works.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:51 am to The Scofflaw
My parents moved when I was a Sr. In high school; I wasn't invited to come with them
So technically I wasn't kicked out. They just sort of sold the house out from under me
So technically I wasn't kicked out. They just sort of sold the house out from under me
Posted on 12/18/24 at 12:58 am to I20goon
How much of a fricking attention whore do you have to be to record that? I choose to believe that’s scripted cause no normal human would selfie record shite like that.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:14 am to The Scofflaw
I used to kid my two daughters (no pics) that as soon as they graduated high school I was going to give them a suitcase, a sandwich and a twenty dollar bill and they were going to be on their own.
I was just kidding but it turned out the joke was on me, they both wound up moving out on their own accord before they turned 19. It made me sad but I was also proud of them and their independence
I was just kidding but it turned out the joke was on me, they both wound up moving out on their own accord before they turned 19. It made me sad but I was also proud of them and their independence
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:49 am to 777Tiger
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my daughter is 36, never married, no kids,
That makes me sad.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:50 am to PeteRose
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find it odd that there’s an unwritten rule in our culture that once you turn 18 you’re suppose to go live by yourself and find your own way. Compare this to some eastern countries where the kids are expected and encouraged to live at home until marriage. Both have their positives and negatives, but living at home till marriage does save a boatload of money.
Makes the most sense to stay home and contribute to the household expenses. Kid and parents both save money that way.
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:51 am to The Scofflaw
I used to work with union guys in a specialized trade. Their mindset was to kick their kids out when they hit 18-21. From what I observed, they wanted them to experience the rough life just like they had to, and they will have ill will if their child did much better than them in life at a much younger age, so they knock them down. Another example was them planning out their retirement to die with no money left to their name so the kids could not reap the benefits. Up until this point I had never been around people who thought this way.
It's way different than the family mindset of wanting your children to not go through the struggles they had gone through, and wanting to see your legacy evolve into something bigger with a more stable financial situation for every generation to come. The overwhelming majority of friends I had at that age had the same treatment. The ones that did not came from either a broken home (addiction, abuse, neglect) or from a working class family that struggled.
Supporting your child during an important and overwhelming transition in life is nurturing, and gives the child a boost. If you have the means to do it, kudos to you.
It's way different than the family mindset of wanting your children to not go through the struggles they had gone through, and wanting to see your legacy evolve into something bigger with a more stable financial situation for every generation to come. The overwhelming majority of friends I had at that age had the same treatment. The ones that did not came from either a broken home (addiction, abuse, neglect) or from a working class family that struggled.
Supporting your child during an important and overwhelming transition in life is nurturing, and gives the child a boost. If you have the means to do it, kudos to you.
This post was edited on 12/18/24 at 5:55 am
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:55 am to TexasTiger1185
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n today’s world, if you dump your kids in a time of need they will almost definitely fail
More "today's world" BS. No, they're going to fail because you raised kids for 18 years, and didn't target making them a responsible adult at 18. They have "needs" because you've bailed them out in elementary school with excuses why they needed a make up test, you've switched them out of classes where their teacher just didn't like them in Junior High, your paid their deductible when they got in a wreck in high school.
Would they have even gotten in a car wreck if you'd set a good example by not using your phone while driving? But yeah, it's the fault of "today's world." What happened to your mom telling you to wear clean underwear in case you got hit by a car as a kid?
Posted on 12/18/24 at 5:56 am to The Scofflaw
Lots of variable in that question
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:11 am to The Scofflaw
I always got hollered at for tracking mud in house myself
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:13 am to The Scofflaw
Yes because back in the day when your were told to get your shite and get out you respected that picked up your shite and moved out.
No kids just sue the parents.
No kids just sue the parents.
This post was edited on 12/18/24 at 6:13 am
Posted on 12/18/24 at 6:16 am to Barbados
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cant imagine how anyone 18 years old could afford to live on their own anymore
This comment concerns me.
You figure it out. You live 2-3 deep in an apartment and split rent. The same way you would in college.
It’s almost like people can’t figure out anything anymore.
18 year olds on their own just can’t do what they want when they want. Aka they can’t waste mom and dad’s money when they are in their own.
It’s people’s spending habits keeping them down. End of discussion. Clean that up and anyone can make it.
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