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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow! My kids are younger, but I cannot imagine prohibiting a 22 year old from going on a trip to Florida… or being prohibited smth by my parents as a 22 year old. 
How do they learn to make their own choices and learn from their mistakes?[/quote]

There are mistakes and there are mistakes. Hanging with with that character may not be a learning experience you come back from. [/quote]

But don’t you expect them to be able to make their own judgment calls on these things at 22? Honest question.

Again, my kids are younger, so I do not have that experience with my kids yet, but as a 22 year old, I lived in a different country from my parents, had a job, made decisions about career, moved to a different city, decided not to move in with a bf, knew when to extricate myself from situations, etc.

I would see it as a sign of disrespect and boundary crossing if my parents went to forbid me from making my own choices… and I would not become as confident in making my own choices and as independent as I did if my parents were telling me what to do/not do at that age…[/quote]

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