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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm getting so tired of fellow parents saying that their goofy child who graduates this month is now [b]"all grown up and has flown the coop."[/b] These are the same parents who are about to write some of the biggest checks of their lives to cover the tuition and room and board costs of these children. Most of them have teens who have never worked a day of their life, so they've never earned a dime to support themselves and nor do they plan to for a long time. They use their parent's credit cards to shop online for clothes and games. The same parents are including these teens in their summer travel budgets, which few parents do for their adult children. And they're already buying things like pillows and towels, something my parents haven't done for me since I got my first job after college.

What is motivating these parents to want so badly to see their teens as adults at this stage in life? I could understand it if they were the type of parents who tell kids they're on their own the minute they turn 18 (no car, no phone, no free housing and food.) But these are just your basic DMV UMC teens who are buying $300 prom dresses and plotting to get hold of hard liquor and weed for the prom after party. They have zero intention to be self-supporting for at least four years. [/quote]

I can explain. I was puzzled by those posts too, at first. Then, I realized that kids from families won’t be coming back to their hometowns much at all, at least not again until well after college. [b]They will probably never live at their parents’ house again for more than a few days, because they’ll never have to.[/b]

In such families, living away from home for all four years without exception is covered financially, as are exotic spring break trips, living in a different city for summer internships, winter trips, study abroad etc. These kids don’t have to come home for the summer after freshman year to save money & work at a restaurant. They have an internship lined up on the opposite coast through family connections. Immediately after college graduation, there’s money for 2 months rent & security deposit available.

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