stupid ****. great parenting skills

Congratulations! Welcome to being an adult!

Honestly I think all the people who are commenting that kids should tough it out and be kicked out at 18 need to be realistic about the financial and living circumstances of the millennial generation. I think it's wrong for parents to kick someone out on the street. Rent costs like $600 a month, along with bus pass of $50, $200 for food, and than you need toiletries. How is someone supposed spend 25 hours a week in lectures/labs, study, volunteer/join school clubs and work 25 hours a week? And even if that WAS possible how are they suppose to have enough money left over to even make a DENT in their $25,000 yearly university tuition? Also don't tell me the rent figure isn't realistic because after you add up insurance, utilities, phone bills and etc it does reach that target.

If you are in school, working, in the process of either or both then your mother is doing the most if not then I support her decision

if the op has means of doing so they should help their mother with certain bills we dont know their home situation but it's good to help your parents out they have raised you why not help them with some bills or rent

that's horrible /;

Some people, like myself, still live at home with their parents. I'm 20 and I pay towards rent and help with household chores. I'm sure if you suggest these things you could maybe come to an agreement. Just because you're of legal age doesn't mean you're ready to move out. Hope things work out OP.

Kind of a rude awakening, huh?

For those of you who are saying "OP should take responsibility, get a job and move out!" Yes, because jobs are just being handed out like candy to inexperienced eighteen year olds and everyone knows that apartments are just so cheap these days. How do you know that OP hasn't already started looking for a job but no one has gotten back to him yet? How do you know that OP isn't going to college? Secondly, people in this generation are staying at home longer not because they're lazy bums who like to mooch off of their parents but because the standard of living has become much more expensive and good jobs have become harder to come by. Where I'm from, it's becoming much more unrealistic to expect someone to move out before they turn 25 because rent is ridiculously expensive. Thirdly, you don't stop being a parent when your kid turns 18. Parenting is a lifelong commitment. This means that as a parent, it is your job to help your kid get onto his/her feet. I'm not saying that you have to do everything for them, I'm saying that you should at least help them out and give them a chance. Anyone who honestly thinks that it's okay to just kick their kid out the moment they turn eighteen with no money, no place to go, and no one to turn to is a terrible parent and person.

I will never be able to understand this kind of behaviour from parents. Which by the way i have seen it only in USA and Canada. So the moment you turn eighteen you are supposed to find a place to stay and a job in order to have money to pay the rent, food and everything else?