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Help don't know what I'm doing with my 'adult' child!
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<blockquote data-quote="AHF" data-source="post: 415101" data-attributes="member: 11180"><p>I agree with everyone else here. Sell the car. One thing our immature adult kids want from us is security, a sense that they know where we stand and what we'll do. That's one of the scary things about the world--not knowing. Plus, if he learns he can manipulate you, he will learn to manipulate others, and that's not a good way to enter adulthood. So yes, sell the car. What's the worst thing that can happen? That he has to find another form of transportation? That he has to work to get himself a car? You can figure this out all sorts of ways, e.g., he can "buy" the car with payments of $100/week from his job. No payments, and the car goes. My kids never had their own car--they never made enough $ for the insurance payments, which was what I deemed their share--but when they abused the privilege of borrowing my car, I put a steering wheel lock on it, which was unlocked only when payments were made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AHF, post: 415101, member: 11180"] I agree with everyone else here. Sell the car. One thing our immature adult kids want from us is security, a sense that they know where we stand and what we'll do. That's one of the scary things about the world--not knowing. Plus, if he learns he can manipulate you, he will learn to manipulate others, and that's not a good way to enter adulthood. So yes, sell the car. What's the worst thing that can happen? That he has to find another form of transportation? That he has to work to get himself a car? You can figure this out all sorts of ways, e.g., he can "buy" the car with payments of $100/week from his job. No payments, and the car goes. My kids never had their own car--they never made enough $ for the insurance payments, which was what I deemed their share--but when they abused the privilege of borrowing my car, I put a steering wheel lock on it, which was unlocked only when payments were made. [/QUOTE]
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