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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 738241" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have 2 adult children living with us. Now that they are adults, they need to be good roommates as well as my children. I do have rules about having people spend the night, etc.... but my kids are adults now. They are expected to work and go to school. They are to clean up and not just after themselves. One does most of the cooking, one does the kitchen cleaning. They do most of the laundry. I do what I can, but I am not physically able to do much. </p><p></p><p>I WANT my kids to think of their behavior in the terms of "good roommate" so that when they leave my home, they won't have huge roommate problems. Plus they can take care of themselves. If one of my kids is so involved in the computer, clearly they don't NEED food. Or laundry. If they need laundry, they will get it done in a way that won't be a problem for me. It is what it is.</p><p></p><p>You know in your heart what the best thing to do is. You said it in your first post "I want to step in and help. But I know I really shouldn't." That is your answer right there, loud and clear. </p><p></p><p>Let your son be a man and take care of himself. Teach him to be an adult, not a child who has to have his mother take care of him. Have faith that if you insist on it, he will actually grow up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 738241, member: 1233"] I have 2 adult children living with us. Now that they are adults, they need to be good roommates as well as my children. I do have rules about having people spend the night, etc.... but my kids are adults now. They are expected to work and go to school. They are to clean up and not just after themselves. One does most of the cooking, one does the kitchen cleaning. They do most of the laundry. I do what I can, but I am not physically able to do much. I WANT my kids to think of their behavior in the terms of "good roommate" so that when they leave my home, they won't have huge roommate problems. Plus they can take care of themselves. If one of my kids is so involved in the computer, clearly they don't NEED food. Or laundry. If they need laundry, they will get it done in a way that won't be a problem for me. It is what it is. You know in your heart what the best thing to do is. You said it in your first post "I want to step in and help. But I know I really shouldn't." That is your answer right there, loud and clear. Let your son be a man and take care of himself. Teach him to be an adult, not a child who has to have his mother take care of him. Have faith that if you insist on it, he will actually grow up. [/QUOTE]
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