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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's how it is for an awful lot of people, I'm sure. I turned 18 and my dad said, "Get out." So I did.

I managed. I imagine others don't.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How come? Did you have bad relationships with your parents?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Have you met people? A lot of parents are just shit. I feel lucky to have parents that I am still willing to communicate with.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

I am consistently amazed at the sheer number of parents who don't seem to care about their kids at all. And those are just the ones in my kids friend groups.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I did, it was horrible. Jokes aside, only heard about such things on the internet. Even in hardcore alcoholics/drug addicts families it never happens? Children can run away, but to boot them out on arbitrary date is weird.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an outdated attitude. When I was in highschool I knew of a handful of classmates who were apartment hunting for their 18th birthday. Some parents thought it was best to get the kid out of the craddle as fast as possible so they could start facing the real world. Others, their parents hated being parents and wanted the kid out. Keep in mind that back then a highschool student with a decent part time job that gave over a dozen or so hours a week could just barely afford a starter apartment, but it was doable. Now that same job wouldn't be enough to cover the electricity bill. Today it's an incredibly heartless thing to do to a teenager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean it's not like you are stopping being family/relatives when children become adults. It would be extremely traumatizing if my parents just kicked me out next day after 18 birthday and we aren't even close and never were.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

You would be surprised. I know a couple people from my childhood, and one person recently who did that. Said it was the only way for them to learn to self sustain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s also culture, some people truly think they’re responsibly as parents end at 18.

Some believe it’s when they leave the house.

Some believe it’s when they get married.

But we all know it’s definitely not the first one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It’s also culture, some people truly think they’re responsibly as parents end at 18.

That's not culture. That's ideology.