**Puts on her headphones** ProtonianZero pretty much gave a very reasonable and valid response that would actually match
my own. Of course, I fully support his idea.
Quote by ProtonianZeroI
think the law focuses a bit too much on age in judging a person. Age
just gives a very general and vague assumption of how much one has
experienced through life, it can often be misleading though. It's
assumed that people at 18 are educated and experienced enough to take
care of themselves, but this isn't true for all people. But since
there's no better way to measure one's experiences in life, age is the
closest thing we have to separate people who MOST likely have lived
through enough to take care of themselves.
Yes, I've apparently been around people in real life
who are a couple years older than I am and still can't go through that rather gigantic transition barrier between
being too dependent upon your parents, towards actually moving on and handling everything by themselves. Age isn't
generally a good measure of who's capable of moving on responsibly and who isn't, as of yet. Reflecting upon
each person, it should be more based on their maturity, manageable thinking, and claimed responsibility in solely
becoming independent in which they standardize themselves in public, though moving on fully at quite a rather late age
does seem to draw a little embarrassing moment, of course. Not that I don't mind.
Aside from that, I'm not quite familiar with the American term of "minor" over here. I do know that
obviously as you turn 18, you become a legal adult with the right to vote, so just declaring yourself as becoming an
adult doesn't automatically mean you are capable of going out in the real world quite readily as of yet, though it
is quite possible to - and published by law, of course. Technically you should have the right to move away if you feel
like it but I don't see what's with the rush, to tell you the truth. I plan on staying with my parents even if
I do turn as a legal adult. I have university debts to pay, and my school is close to home, so I don't mind the
extra financial support, for my food and living expenses, that is. I'm not ashamed. Realistically, I can move on
better that way, but of course my scenario is different from yours.
Quote by Yue-HorrishinoI'm still a minor, but i now that when i got
to 18, my parents, won't
let me to what ever i hant...
They will say that, '' When you live for yourself, in a place that is
yours you can do what ever you hant, but until you get there, i mean
while you still live below of my roof you still, don't make choises ''
, and this is what my father says when is with an angry face... I know,
they are just a preocupid parents, who love me as much as my older
sister... but still, i think thats too much...
I'm doing 17 next mouth, so i have almost a year to dicide what i'll
do... until then... Ja, mata ne
Same here. I'm 17, I just got my G2 months ago [for all you
Canadians out there, you know what I mean **Giggles**] and I still don't know what to think about it - if I want to
possibly move away from my parents soon and handle myself responsibly with the possible choice of freedom, or if I would
like to stay, of course. My parents obviously are good parents and I'm not under any forced stress to move out as
quickly as I reach that legal age. As always, they don't really mind my final decision, although my mother was a
little more controlling than my father at times and wanted me to actually stay, giving in set rules for the house for me
to abide to, and all that. I actually do consider their constant worrying quite normal from time to time, and she does
have a point. **Nods** At the end, it is their home, and I am under their roof as well. Funny thing though, because we
had a very good, long talk about this issue you just brought up on this topic last year, when I was attending my first
year in University and my parents were a little nervous that I couldn't handle everything on my own. They are
right. I can't make that leap right away, and I'm still learning how to manage myself, despite my long trip in
Japan [I was accompanied by a legal guardian that time] where they paid for my costs and everything to live there. Being
isolated and handling myself was great, but unlike that case, I would then have to support myself fully on my own, from
now on, and without a secure job, and a decent diploma sitting around at home, I'm not quite ready as of yet. I
ultimately made my decision to stay, because realistically I would not be able to securely and financially support
myself even as I would have liked to try, but the good thing is that I'm not tied to any chains and there
aren't really any restrictions looming over my shadow. On top of that, the university I attend to houses some of
the best business courses all over our province. Aside from that, I'm one of those individuals who can live a
pretty good life, and I did prove to them before that I could do it, in which me and my parents are still proud of, even
as of today.
I still had the freedom to do almost anything I wanted when I was little, and I didn't really mind it at all, of
course. It's virtually comforting to also hear that my parents will still leave their front door open for me, if in
case I do move out and come back for specific financial reasons. With that kind of support, and my greater freedom to do
anything I want [as long as I get to return home safely, of course], to me, it'll all be fine. Yaya!
