Children

United States
October 18, 2006 5:46pm CST
Do they ever really grow up and leave home and stay gone?
12 responses
19 Oct 06
The answer to your question is a big fat NO ! my kids are all grown up, I have 3 children, 37yrs old, 35yrs, and one at 34yrs, and I still can't get rid of them even though they all have their own home and families. The only think now is that only they still come around but they now bring their own kids. So the answer to your question is a big fat NO.
• Australia
19 Oct 06
That means you nurtured them well and love being around you. I don't want my kids to leave til they are at least 20. I want them to have some savings, unlike me.
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
29 Oct 06
I sure did!! I was gone asap!
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
19 Oct 06
Its a fact but I hate to agree. I believe in closely knit families because you wont feel lonely.
@Karinne (1220)
• Australia
19 Oct 06
yes they grow up and lead their own lives and make lives for of their own. Whats the saying "you never own your child, their only on loan" or something like that :)
• United States
19 Oct 06
Im 22, married with a 9 month old daughter. I've never left home but my mom is fine with it. Some do but I think more tend to stay home or leave then come back, because being on your own cost so much more money now.
@missybal (4490)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Well my brother and myself both keep in contact with our parents, I see my mom at least once a week and talk to her on the phone at least twice a week.
@bhchy1 (6047)
• United States
19 Oct 06
Nope...they say they are..but they always seem to come back...Maybe I should move and not tell them where...hmmmmmmmmm???
@nanhegujral (4632)
• India
19 Oct 06
it all depends on what is in there mind.
@erielle (1280)
• United States
19 Oct 06
They do grow up yes. They do leave your house yes. Do they leave your life... no. Would I want them to.. no. But you will get your break. :) Mothers will always be mothers. :)
@roselupe (257)
• United States
19 Oct 06
No always, they usually end up coming back. The bad thing, they never come back alone hahaha!! But look on the bright side, grandchildren. They are so adorable when they are small and they say the darnest things. Then they grow up.
19 Oct 06
They say your children stop being children when the mother stops worrying about them. Which is never I guess!
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
19 Oct 06
Yes, mine have both gone on to their own lives. For awhile we didn't think our daughter was going to leave us. She would move out, then back in, then out, then back. She married a jerk at 20; 6 months later he got another woman pregnant, so she moved back home. Today she has remarried and has 3 children, so I think that physically she's gone for good. I always laugh, though, when people think that when they have a child they'll only be responsible for that child for 18 years. Wrong! My children will both always be my children, and my mother's heart will never stop wanting to look out for them.