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Whose parents threw them out of the house when they graduated H.S?

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DCal430

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I know it is common for parents in the U.S to kick their kids out of the house when they turn 18 even when they have no were to go.

I know the vast majority of these people simple go to college and get a part time job at college, while living on their own.

Must be really hard on these people though, if they graduate or drop out of school and don't find a job in time they could become homeless, as their parents rather they be homeless on the streets than live at home.

Were you parents like this? After High School, would rather you be homeless on the streets than living at home.
 
No my parents had common sense enough to know that I can't afford a house right out of high school given I have to go to college and can't have a full time job, so I stayed home for college, worked during summers to pickup money to pay for college/books and sometimes food and other stuff around the house. Then when I graduated I stayed home for about 2 years or so while working full time to pickup money for a house downpayment. They were not pushy about me getting out, wanted to be sure I'm ready and not do anything stupid like land myself in financial issues.

I think any decent parent should do this, provided their kid is actually trying and not just a freeloader. I could not wait to get out of the house so I can have my own independence, but I wanted to do things right as well and not jump the gun and either end up in a house I can't afford, or a real hole of a house that turns into a money pit.
 
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Yea, in this bad economy with many who graduate unable to find a job or who lost their job, their probably are many parents who allowed their kids to live at home, while they get back on their feet.

At the same time many parents also told their children to go to a homeless shelter or live on the streets.
 
DCal430 said:
I know it is common for parents in the U.S to kick their kids out of the house when they turn 18 even when they have no were to go.

I know the vast majority of these people simple go to college and get a part time job at college, while living on their own.

Must be really hard on these people though, if they graduate or drop out of school and don't find a job in time they could become homeless, as their parents rather they be homeless on the streets than live at home.

Were you parents like this? After High School, would rather you be homeless on the streets than living at home.
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If all your posts weren't this ignorant I would be far kinder, but since they are I'll just say it: You are one seriously ignorant child.
 
I don't know many people like this.

It makes me wonder - all these kids getting kicked out of their homes when they turn eighteen. Where are they?

I believe that tens or hundreds of thousands of them die from exposure every year in the US.
 
My parents would have let me live at home until I got married. They never wanted me to leave. I left on my own at 25 after I had saved up a good deal of money.
 
I won't say its common but yes it does happen.

I moved out when i was like 16. My dad was dating a women that was abusive to me and she was trying to steal my inheritance and other stuff. I had a apartment for a few years then got my own place.

My wife's family pretty much kicked her out at 18. witch was odd since they let her oldest sister live with them until she was 32
 
I went to college at 16, didn't go to class, came home, and then worked at McDonald's. My dad left the apartment when I was 18, telling me I was responsible for the rent or I could move out to a different place.

It sucked, but I feel that I am a more responsible adult having gone through being dirt poor in my teens and twenties. I remember once I couldn't pay the power bill for a couple of months and I shaved by candlelight. Good times.
 
Doppel said:
If all your posts weren't this ignorant I would be far kinder, but since they are I'll just say it: You are one seriously ignorant child.
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He's a returned ban troll whose behavior - at least at first - seemed okay, so we quietly didn't reban him. Now he seems to be begging us to reconsider what we do with trolls.

 
My parents took my keys for the house when I turned 18. Mainly because I wasn't considering college and was getting in a lot of trouble at that time.

I moved into a house with a bunch of my buddies and smoked weed and drank beer all day every day for about 6 months. We had some crazy parties until we all got kicked out. Then I gave in, got enrolled in college and my parents let me live at home again.
 
My parents told me I had to leave when I hit my 18th birthday. So I did what any reasonable adult would do. I skinned them alive and wore their skin as a suit to my senior prom.
 
Actually, this being America: If the kid doesn't leave voluntarily, we fire a warning shot. After that, we're within our rights to execute him.


..I say "Him" because we sell the females.
 
oldsmoboat said:
My parents told me I had to leave when I hit my 18th birthday. So I did what any reasonable adult would do. I skinned them alive and wore their skin as a suit to my senior prom.
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:thumbsup: you're my hero. :wub:

But no, my parents never did that. Of course, I wanted to get away from them as soon as humanly possible.
 
Wyndru said:
My parents took my keys for the house when I turned 18. Mainly because I wasn't considering college and was getting in a lot of trouble at that time.
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I did this to my oldest boy.

Wanted to mooch. Use vehicle but not contribute to cost. Rang up 300-400 month phone calls accepting long distance collects.

Eventually, he started to wise up and went into service.
 
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No one I heard about did it here even though there is a social net.
Poor people receive social help so no need to kick out anyone, you'd still be miserable at the same level. Difficult teen-agers get inserted into clinics.
I'm sure some people have kicked out plain freeloaders.
 
I just always remember hearing these stories about parents who threw their kids out at 18, assume the must graduate H.s first.
 
i don't know anyone who has ever been kicked out after they graduated or turned 18. i'm 31 now so i don't know if it's a generation or cultural thing.
 
Wyndru said:
My parents took my keys for the house when I turned 18. Mainly because I wasn't considering college and was getting in a lot of trouble at that time.

I moved into a house with a bunch of my buddies and smoked weed and drank beer all day every day for about 6 months. We had some crazy parties until we all got kicked out. Then I gave in, got enrolled in college and my parents let me live at home again.
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Do you feel like they made the right call?
 
From what I gather, American parents are the opposite of european/traditional western parents.

They view their children as a liability and wait for that 18th birthday to finally be done with them. They excuse this behavior as helping "toughen" them up and show them the real world yet that is just as extreme as saying in order to support capitalism you need to be a libertarian and in order to be a socialist you need to be a communist. There is usually a much better middle ground option, but like I said, that is just an excuse.

And the kids that do get kicked out at 18 defend their parents behavior because they don't want to admit or realize how shitty their parents were and that they did not really want them or love them enough to help them through young adulthood. It's kind of like Stockholm syndrome where they excuse their parents poor choices as "though love" and do the same to their kids.
 
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