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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 82090" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>I'm another one who has forced her child to either pay rent or go to school. There are still rules but most of them apply to both of us -- let the other person know where you are going and when you are expected back; help with cleaning the house, taking care of the pets; treat each other with respect.</p><p></p><p>Because we just moved to a new state and are still in the unpacking process, I am not pushing her to find a job nor pay rent at the present time. She is, however, making noises about wanting to go to college, which is just fine (well, wonderful!) to me. She has not been helping as much as she should and we had a long discussion/argument about this. Hopefully, she will start pulling her weight. If she doesn't, she knows where the door is.</p><p></p><p>The one thing that I've found necessary is to be very clear what the rules and expectations are. I've let her know what will not be tolerated under any circumstances (violence, theft, drugs in the home). The rules and consequences are pretty black and white. This helps a lot when the time comes for "rules are made to be broken" syndrome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 82090, member: 3626"] I'm another one who has forced her child to either pay rent or go to school. There are still rules but most of them apply to both of us -- let the other person know where you are going and when you are expected back; help with cleaning the house, taking care of the pets; treat each other with respect. Because we just moved to a new state and are still in the unpacking process, I am not pushing her to find a job nor pay rent at the present time. She is, however, making noises about wanting to go to college, which is just fine (well, wonderful!) to me. She has not been helping as much as she should and we had a long discussion/argument about this. Hopefully, she will start pulling her weight. If she doesn't, she knows where the door is. The one thing that I've found necessary is to be very clear what the rules and expectations are. I've let her know what will not be tolerated under any circumstances (violence, theft, drugs in the home). The rules and consequences are pretty black and white. This helps a lot when the time comes for "rules are made to be broken" syndrome. [/QUOTE]
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