<p>Like actually getting a job and living on his or her own? While in college of course.</p>
<p>That can’t be properly answered without saying it depends. There are no should’s in life without resorting to dogma, conditioned behavior, and status quo conformity fallacies. There are also issues of how much money the family or student has saved, cost of living, available local jobs and wages etc.</p>
<p>Theres only one person who can answer that and it is the person deciding for him or herself whether or not it’s the right time. Obviously it would be embarrassing if you were still living with family at the age of 30 but it all depends on the circumstances. My cousin is living with her family right now while studying at UCLA and she’s 28 right now. With her situation, she’s saving money (although she doesn’t need to since her dad is the president of a regional bank) and enjoying the quiet life at home after her undergrad at UPenn and working in NYC for 6 years.</p>
<p>Around 25 or 26.</p>
<p>^When I punch my dad in nose cuz he got all up in my face.</p>
<p>^Lol my thoughts were along the same lines</p>
<p>sh1t!</p>
<p>I’m 31. I’m such a loser!</p>
<p>I’d say 20/21 is a good age, but really it depends on a LOT. Where I live, right outside of Detroit, you’re lucky to get a minimum wage job let alone one with good enough pay to live on your own. </p>
<p>I’m 20 and I’m getting my apartment in August. I’m ready to be out of the house (even if I have only lived here 2 months in the last 2 years) because I really just want a place where I can have sex whenever I want.</p>
<p>I am 19 and I am planning to move out myself, but my parents won’t let me…</p>
<p>Probably because I am not the best cook and they worry how I eat</p>
<p>I think that depends on the relationship with ones parents. If you are living as another adult in the household (eg, sharing expenses and carrying yourself), then theoretically it would be no different than say, sharing a house with your brother or something. </p>
<p>If you’re living off an allowance or have never paid a bill in your life (which would be rather amazing since you’re a college student, right?) I’d start to worry.</p>
<p>I might be a little biased since I’m at home myself, with my mother and my autistic brother. Honestly, I’d rather live in a sorta on-campus apartment where everything’s automatically paid for and all I have to worry about is my college work.</p>
<p>Hahaha. If only. It’d probably be a lot easier to move too! Just find an apartment, and there’s thousands of them by university campuses. Finding a rental house when your credit is spotty and you have 2 people that would get you kicked out of a condo/townhouse in about 12 hours (talking about both my brothers now), SUCKS!</p>
<p>I would say ideal age is before or by 21.</p>
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Most students do not get a self supporting job until graduating from college. If I do not directly attend graduate school after college then my ideal is to have non dependant status once graduating ( partly because closest ideal city to home I would live in is downtown Chicago).</p>
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<p>I was a freshman last year…I am in this category although I don’t have allowance, my parents feed me</p>
<p>18 +</p>
<p>It depends on the person and the situation.
I returned home after my finals this year, but I’m heading back down to my college town at the end of the month. I will have an apartment, and live and work down there until school starts up again. (Provided I find somewhere to live in August, weird leases). I will have help with my rent over the summer, but as I will pay for everything else. (Minus cell phone and insurance which my parents still cover) Once August comes and my scholarship kicks in, I’ll be covering rent as well.
I’m not sure if this counts as moving out on my own. It is technically an on campus apartment and I’m not saying that I won’t live at home again. (My parents have a house 30 minutes from Manhattan. It’s probably a way better option once I’m done with school) But the longest period I see myself returning for after this is most likely winter break.
I turned twenty and finished my sophomore year last week.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine being able to make enough money to hold an apartment while still going to school, that would have been completely impossible for me-- maybe if I had financial aid paying part of the way it would have been different but I would have had to meet ALL my expenses off my earnings. </p>
<p>NowI have graduated and am stuck living at home until I can make at least $13 an hour because my student loans are higher than a rent payment would be and I’d have to be able to make both plus other living expenses, so that might be a while. Hoping to be out within a year. I have to be able to buy a car first, and furniture, and all kinds of other stuff that I just don’t have enough cash for at the moment.</p>
<p>I’m moving out and several states away at 17, my boyfriend at 18 and we are getting married without any financial help from our parents.
It just depends on what you want and if you’re willing to work for it.</p>
<p>As a parent I think kids over the age of 18 should be out as soon as it is financially feasible. In my opinion it is not healthy for young people to be at home or for parents to have them at home. Of course it depends on how respectful and curtious the young adult is but as soon as kids feel that they no longer need to respect their parents home and feelings they need to go.</p>
<p>What if a child never stops feeling that they need to respect their parents’ home/feelings?</p>
<p>I cannot financially afford living independently without having to take out a massive loan I could not repay. For me, it makes financial sense to live with my parents.</p>