39 now. If I still have to help them then I have failed as a parent. Doesn’t mean I will not but it means I failed. I hope not to fail.I told them that my only job is to make sure they can take care of the themselves at the age of 22 or 23 post college graduation, as if I no longer exist. Period. If they do not achieve that then I have failed as a parent.Sorry to hear that. That sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want my kids gone by 22 and on their own. If possible.
ya, he doesn't wanna be here anymore than we do. & be thankful for right now, your kids can stay on yer health insurance until the age of 26 if they had too.
uh-huh. you're only 38. you still have the ' life is always black & white ' mentality. hopefully them life circumstances won't show up despite everything you think will or won't happen; & that you won't refuse to help them even though you're still around, 'cause they are all grown up & not 'children' anymore.
ooOOooo m'k. 39. seems you are still thinking in black & white terms... yet again... envision that sometimes things happen to people beyond their control & has zero to do with 'parenting skills'.
just like you stepping off a curb & getting nailed by a drunk driver. does that have anything to do with your parents failing?
c'mon.
Barring unforeseen situations of course. I want them to have jobs, career paths, their own bank accounts, etc. I could step off a curb and die and then what skills do they have to survive? You mad my point for me.