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Adult Children Anyone?
I have raised my two sons on my own for over 10 years. They are both now young adults (23 and 19) and still live at home. Both are working and one also attends the local community college. In recent years, friends have commented on the fact that my sons still live with me. I have been feeling "guilty" that perhaps I am not doing enough to get them out and on their own. Neither makes enough money to support themselves, but both contribute to household expenses. In the past few months, I have decided that they can live with me for as long as they want to, and have actually come to terms with that. I just wanted to know if there are others out there like me and how you have managed. For background purposes, I live in an island community where the extended family network is fairly dominant.
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If your kids are good people...
I imagine in some cultures and places, the kids stay around. In the US parents are told to put their kids to bed in separate rooms and raise them to be as independent as possible. Why? I don't know. I guess that goes with a lot of other cultural factors. But if your kids are showing signs of having plans for themselves, making good choices, not abusing drugs, or whatever, then you're doing fine!
re if your kids are good people
Thanks for the response. I believe that the reason I have come to terms with it is that I have not made it a priority in my life in the sense of doing what I supposedly "should" be doing. They are both fine young adults and are not into drugs and alcohol, but they are not "mama's boys" either, quite the contrary.
Terese
grown kids at home
Both my brother and I moved home for periods in our 20s after college. I think these were good bonding periods enjoyed by both the parents and us, who were now grown kids. It makes me amenable to doing the same thing with my children when they reach that age if they so choose.
Wesley Hein
Wesley [at] lifetwo [dot] com
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