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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 564082"><p>mrsammler,</p><p></p><p>I agree with you in principal.... however in practice it is not so simple. First of all he is 24 in years but chances are he is no where near that in maturity. If he was a heroin addict then he lost some of his maturity time during his drug using years. Also in practice there is no guarantee that kicking him out of the next would make him fly... .that of course is always the hope. I think in this type of case as long as he is sober, respectful of his parents that nudging him out of the nest may be a better approach so yeah at some point start charging him rent.</p><p></p><p>My son at age 21 is out of the nest, he is on his own, we are not giving him any money. And he is using drugs, and is homeless hitchhiking from place to place around the country! I dont believe he is doing any responsible job but has learned less savory ways to get money (ie panhandling). I am hoping that he his finding his way and learning some good lessons by being on his own but kicking them out is no guarantee that they will just straighten themselves out!</p><p></p><p>In this case getting clean from heroin is a huge good first step that should not be ignored.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 564082"] mrsammler, I agree with you in principal.... however in practice it is not so simple. First of all he is 24 in years but chances are he is no where near that in maturity. If he was a heroin addict then he lost some of his maturity time during his drug using years. Also in practice there is no guarantee that kicking him out of the next would make him fly... .that of course is always the hope. I think in this type of case as long as he is sober, respectful of his parents that nudging him out of the nest may be a better approach so yeah at some point start charging him rent. My son at age 21 is out of the nest, he is on his own, we are not giving him any money. And he is using drugs, and is homeless hitchhiking from place to place around the country! I dont believe he is doing any responsible job but has learned less savory ways to get money (ie panhandling). I am hoping that he his finding his way and learning some good lessons by being on his own but kicking them out is no guarantee that they will just straighten themselves out! In this case getting clean from heroin is a huge good first step that should not be ignored. TL [/QUOTE]
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