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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]better to live in my basement than die[/quote]

So long as you're getting them the psychiatric treatment they need, yes[/quote]

You can't force an adult to get the psychiatric treatment they may need.[/quote]

This is very true. But you can say, unless you meet with a psychiatrist/therapist on a regular schedule and take the meds they prescribe, you can't live here. [/quote]

Throwing your kids out to live on the streets is one of the most brutal and difficult things parents could ever do. Why are we even talking about this here? Whoever wrote this clearly has no understanding of the issues involved, this is like talking to a five year old[/quote]

The whole idea is the kid doesn't want to go to the streets so he toes the line wrt getting treatment. A five-year-old (note the correct hyphens) would understand that. [/quote]

That is not how mental illness works (or how a lot of young men work). It's not coldly rational, a matter of the right incentives. You sound incredibly naive. [/quote]

Yes it is. OP. There are a lot of people with Peter Pan syndrome due to mental illness and they just don't do well on their own. When parents have the means and the child is able,  it's often better for the family to support the child rather than the state in some form or another. [/quote]

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