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[quote=Anonymous]Growing up we were told we had u til the end of HS and after that we were on our own. We just always knew. There wasn’t money to take care of kids so most of us paid our own way before that point.

As for my own kids, oldest one lived at home for post HS education, left for awhile and came back. Middle one is still in college probably for two more years and also lives at home. Youngest is starting college and will be living on campus. We have not specifically said they need to go but we’ve withdrawn support from the oldest two except for school costs and food and health insurance until age 26 but not car insurance. The youngest will start on an allowance to pay for the extras as soon as she graduates HS and has a job set up. We will pay for college. For the oldest we require a rent payment. And we’ve told all of them when we plan to sell the house and where we’re moving to so they have time to plan. They can go with us or make other plans.

And while they’re living with us they are adults and expected to help with whatever needs to be done, like yardwork, household chores, car maintenance and repairs (I have a mechanic). Although the youngest is t technically an adult there are expectations for her as well.

Our lives are complicated by a child with special needs who is taking far longer to achieve independence than most kids. And we’re ok with the kids staying but they need to be independent and pull their weight. [/quote]

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