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Manasarovar · 10-17-2011, 07:24 AM

I have first hand experience in a society where majority live with their parents. People can be mature and independent OR immature and heavily dependent, all of which depends on how the parents raised them.

By which I mean, people turn out how their parents raise them and they barely have any scope in learning things by themselves.

And this 'living with parents' things seeps into lot of other areas as well. For an instance, I'm 21 and I go to college. And even now we have the parent-teacher meetings. If we fail or miss too many classes they have a talk with our parents. I think that's *very* wrong, because beyond a certain age I think our life should become our responsibility completely and having parents on our backs(to get things done) even in adulthood will never allow us to really grow up.

That being said, I have no issues with taking care of my parents once I'm self sufficient and independent. But I do have qualms with being dependent on them and letting them decide how to live my life, which more often than not, is the case here.

10-17-2011, 07:24 AM	#143 (permalink)
Manasarovar Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 62	I have first hand experience in a society where majority live with their parents. People can be mature and independent OR immature and heavily dependent, all of which depends on how the parents raised them. By which I mean, people turn out how their parents raise them and they barely have any scope in learning things by themselves. And this 'living with parents' things seeps into lot of other areas as well. For an instance, I'm 21 and I go to college. And even now we have the parent-teacher meetings. If we fail or miss too many classes they have a talk with our parents. I think that's very wrong, because beyond a certain age I think our life should become our responsibility completely and having parents on our backs(to get things done) even in adulthood will never allow us to really grow up. That being said, I have no issues with taking care of my parents once I'm self sufficient and independent. But I do have qualms with being dependent on them and letting them decide how to live my life, which more often than not, is the case here.