I think parents need to tell their kids in advance cause if not their going to be
freeloaders living off of mom and dad... I can see a son or daughter with a
job and help mom and dad with bills.. But these ones who live at home age 23
have no job, don't help around the house, living off parents for free is no good
One thing about me, I lived at home and helped my mom pay all the bills
now my sister all she did was live Scott free until she hooked up with this guy
from the telephone, chatline met him and within a month she was pregnant
she and the guy was living there Scott free, finally, my mom told my sister
she needed to get her own place and she signed up for the Town Houses
and got a job and got her driving license and she drives and she had a
child my niece who will be age 20 on Aug 2 .. So things happen
They do indeed! My kids will not be freeloaders. I am raising them better than that.
@loves2learn That is cool
Thanks For MHO :)
My first thought: "Aw, that's cute".
My second thought: "Hmm, I'm 24 and still live with dad? Oooooff".
That is not unheard of at all. ❤️
I mean I moved out when I was 20 and lived in Montreal, then Toronto then Halifax then Vancouver, COVID just sort of fucked things up for me. Plus side? I never realized how fucking unhappy I was until I re-examined my life and prepared for a career change.
Covid fucked things up for everyone. I am glad you saw you were unhappy and switched gears. :)
at the moment i kept it simple by saying "Daddy doesn't live with us because, he's works in a different country, he see you soon tho", I'm waiting till she a little older to explain, he doesn't think your his and wants nothing to do with you" basically what happen we had sex a day before my period was due, it came and went a month let I was violently raped and missed my period after that, I took a dna test and she is 100% his but he still doesn't beleive me
Oh my. Every bit of that is so awful. I am so sorry.
Except for the part about her daughter and what you told her. That is very sweet. 💕
*your
lol, I’m 16 and I wanna move out ASAP, but my parents still treat me as though I’m a kid 😭 Lol, when I was a kid I didn’t want to leave my grandparents at all (they practically raised me) because my parents, both of em are doctors and they’re not home much. They’re surgeons lol, so loads of surgeries and stuff. My grandma took care of me and my brother
Awww that’s really sweet you are so close with your gma!
Yeah, I’m very close to her and my brother. It is haha, she’s great ❤️
My kids are very close to their grandparents too. It is a good thing.
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What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!It will be less hard if you remember that they are still kids. Kids do not understand the concept of growing up and leaving to live their own lives. They pick that up later as life goes on. If they ask you questions about it, answer them honestly. But don't give them a kick in the teeth by presenting such things before those thoughts get in their heads by themselves. Lots of things you have to warn them about, and they will soon enough think about why the sexes are different and you need to answer those questions. (They have probably both asked about those things, but at different levels.) But the concept of losing mommy and daddy is something they need to be ready to hear, and obviously at least your youngest is not ready. Let them bring it up.
Don't you think 5 years old is a tad young? By the time he is a teenager he will be itching to go, but "age appropriate" should be the watchwords here.
@loves2learn OMG, then don't tell them that some day you will both die!!
It was hard enough, when my parents divorced, when I was 14, but by then, I understood life, and death, but NOT DIVORCE!! They screwed that bit up quite badly!!
Ikr? I will not. Ugh. Will be bad enough when gma and gpa die! 😬😭
@loves2learn Just had to deal with that, last week. Grandpa passed, and I have been texting Grandma, since the funeral, to be sure she is OK. She hasn't "processed" it yet, and has been keeping BUSY to avoid it, I think!
So sorry! 🥰🥰🥰
Both have pros and cons.
As my dad says, it is better than the alternative (death).
House prices here are now over $1m.
kids may be with you longer than expected.
Not quite that bad here, but yes.
Aww.
Slap yo man in the back of the head.
Right? Lol. He wasn’t thinking. It happens.
Lmao. Yeah. We can give em a pass😂
If you think that was bad, just wait until they both are grown and gone.
Kids are great
🤣🤣🤣
At least they're not planning to move away to boarding school in Australia or Italy or Japan... when they're 8 years old...😭
Oh no! 🥺🥺🥺🥺
growing up is a mistake xD
If we learned anything from peter pan it is this! But as my dad says, it is better than the alternative. 🤷🏻♀️
i'd say there's a good compromise. as soon as you can pay your rent out of your own pocket and are sort of dependable as a person, you're done. stop doing the "growing up" thing. enjoy your life while you have it.
It’s fun to be young at heart for sure!
Awww.. lol yeah as a 5 yr old all you really want to do is be with Mommy and Daddy... lol that's so cute.
Your 9 yr old is becoming what I like to call an adolescent veteran.. single digits will be a fleeting thought.. entering the I'm pre-pre teen (I consider 12 pre teen) stage.. so yeah they kind of are understanding that fleeing the nest is coming, but is gonna cause a slight ruckus before it's all said and done. Kidding. Let's hope not...
It is really sweet. He is a sweet child. This caught me off guard. Mama tears. I’ll be ok….
Awww.. honestly, my eyes almost leaked too..
💕💕💕💕💕💕
Yeah they are too young to understand that concept. Maybe tell him he will have a wife and kids of his own someday.
Yup! He is a ladies man for sure! But also a mamas boy. We have a strong bond.
It’s cool, I love my mum too.
I think it was harder for my generation to grow up than the younger generation. We got smacked/ beat if we did something wrong. Kids these days don't get hit. You're not allowed to hit them because you'll have cps breathing down your back
True. And this hurts my heart tbh. “Parenting” is a new concept. Pretty much founded by my parents generation. My dad was beat with a belt on the reg and he vowed never to do that to his child. While they never beat me or even spanked me. They hit me hard emotionally. It is what it is I guess. 😞
I got my ass beat when I was younger and I did something wrong. I turned out ok. I learned respect really quick
You say that but it still hurts my heart. I love my children so much. I would never want to hurt them. I discipline them and take away privileges as needed but I cannot imagine physically hurting them. It is not in my nature.
Growing up I was hard... so yea ;)
I see whatcha did there
Lol! That is so sad! And kind of hilarious! When I termed 13 I cried to my mom because I thought that I couldn’t be a clown anymore and had to act like an adult.
Awwww lol
had a crazy flashback to this song from one of the old care bears movies. lol enjoy. maybe you kids will like it
Enjoy the time where they think living with you is a good thing. It passes quickly.
I know. I can see it now.
how idiotic..
Do you take what a 5-year-old says seriously?
really?
How is this idiotic and yes I do take my childrens feelings seriously thank you. It’s called being a good mother.
When those idiots grow up in the future, they will remember the thoughts they had when they were kids and think, "How stupid I was".
Will you quit calling my kids idiots?
Yes, growing up is hard. Parenting is too.
Yup. True story.
5 and 9 are a bit young to be told these things.
I agree. Hubs is learning. We are all in this together
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