3. You can legally kick out your own child at 18 with nothing, but be forced to tak...

You can legally kick out your own child at 18 with nothing, but be forced to take care of another adult you want nothing to do with after divorce

My mom let us know from a reasonably young age that we had 3 choices when we turned 18/graduated from high school - pay rent (and still share a room with a younger sibling if any were at home), go to college (pay our own way but we can live at home free), or move out.

By letting us know early enough, it gave us time to prepare. Most of us had jobs for spending money from the time we were teens (I babysat and had a paper route from the age of 11). Even so, I took a year off between high school and college to work and earn money for college and my parents never charged me rent. I still helped around the house and stuff. I really think my mom was afraid some of us may end up like my dad who lived with his mom until they got married when he was almost 30 and was unable to really take care of himself. It worked out well for all of us in the end.

But I think just kicking kids out with no prep is bad parenting. I think that may have happened to my mom though.

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