Our Children When They Are 18 And Above???

My children are still young, but they will always have a place with me in my home, for as long as they want or need it. After they become 18, as long as there are not health problems or what have you, I would expect my children to have some kind of a job and help contribute to the household. They should have to have some responsibility, so that when I am not here any longer, they will know how to take care of themselves.

My children are 26 and 27 years old and have moved home numerous times due to financial situations or illness, I always allow my children to move home with me if they need it but I also but a time constraints on it so that they won't be too dependent on living with me and realize that they are adults and need to be able to take care of themselves. I love them and will always be there for them, no matter what their age is.

It would depend on the situation for me. I myself was abandoned by family members when I was in need, and in fact my family never truly took care of me when I was a child, jostling me from one member who abused me to the next, and often not giving me any place to stay. No matter how old my son is, I would never treat him in that way. However, I can see there coming a point if he was being completely dependant on me and refusing to work, and had no illness or disability stopping him, when I would insist that he do something with himself. I know many adults here in the United States who live off family members just because they are lazy, and I think if it were my child there would come a point where I would say "enough is enough" and insist he at least make an attempt to take care of himself.