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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who can't leave an adult offspring home alone has utterly and completely failed as a parent, unless there is a significant disability.

18 years olds can go to war, have children, buy homes, work full time jobs, start businesses, buy and drive cars, be guardians to other minor children, own a credit card, travel the world and pretty much everything else.

Your 'child' should be able to stay at home alone long before 18. If your 18 year old still needs a parent at home with them, then either as parents you have completely infantilized your child or you have just completely failed as a parent and have done a terrible job of raising a child to adulthood. [/quote]

Of course 18-year-olds can legally do all these things.

They cannot, however, legally drink. Or legally do weed. Or legally host parties where they serve alcohol and weed to other 18-year-olds.

It's not "infantilizing" your child to recognize that perfectly normal and otherwise mature 18-year-olds are going to see this is an opportunity to do all these things. It's actually a failure of parenting to be in denial about how the teen brain works.
Your child to recognize this. [/quote]

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