At what age should children leave their parents' house? Why?
Our family has no mandatory age for children to leave the parental home.Our family doesn’t believe leaving home is a benchmark of an healthy adult or demonstrates independence and “standing on your own two feet.”One has nothing to do with the others.Sometimes the most mature decision an adult child can make is to remain home for a family member who needs financial support or home care.My daughter is 26 years old and has always lived with either me or her father. She is a great example of a responsible and contented adult.Since her first job at 16, our daughter pays her share of household expenses. She works for her dad, has adult friends, and a loving partner who also happens to live with her parents.Her father and I live in college towns where the standard of living is high and affordable housing is scarce. We don’t believe our kid should have to struggle economically to prove some arbitrary age of independence.I first left home at 16 to attend boarding school an hour and a half away. During my college freshman year, I lived in the woman’s dormitory at a university across state. The following year, I transferred to a community college closer to home and had my own apartment. I never went back home permanently. But my father claimed me on his taxes until I married at 23.When I got pregnant two years later, my husband and I were still college students. We moved in with his parents, at his childhood home, during my pregnancy to save money as we finished school. We lived with them until we graduated with our bachelor degrees. Our daughter was 3 months.My younger brother didn’t go away to school. He continued to live with our parents, off and on, after high school. He went back home to help Mom care for Dad who had Alzheimer’s.Several years after Dad died, Mom developed Parkinson’s and my brother moved in for good to be with her. He inherited the house after her death.My ex-husband and I think it’s very convenient living with our adult child. She’s an excellent lodger. In addition to the extra cash for rent, she’s around to care for the pets, pitches in with cooking and cleaning, and runs errands.Why have our daughter do all that for someone else?
The Youth Criminal Justice Act --- Age, is it reasonable?
I am not from Canada, however I did do same reading on the act because of your question. The age range makes sense to me. At 18, a person is an adult. Before the age of 12, the courts need additional latitude on how to deal with offenders as the level of maturity can be very different between two different 10 year old children. By age 12, it is reasonable to expect a child to have a firm grasp on right and wrong.
What is a reasonable age to start babysitting?
i started to babysit neighbors when i was 12, but when i was 14 i started to babysit other family's who weren't as close to my house.
What is the ideal age to start having children?
Prior to age thirty is the medical answer.If you are a woman, your prime fertile years are ages 18–24. At age 30, your risk of birth defects, particularly trisomy 21, goes up significantly. At age 35, you are an “elderly primigravida” and there are even more serious risks. If you have your first child after age 30, your breast cancer risk increases. So for the health of yourself and your offspring, prior to age 30 is optimal. I myself planned exactly and had my first exactly one month prior to age 30. I like to beat the odds.If you are a man, there are fewer consequences to delaying paternity. However, older men have higher risks of fathering children who have certain medical problems and certainly is likely to be “part” of the reason for the growing prevalence of autism. So older fathers also bear risks for their offspring, though there is no risk to themselves. Advanced paternal age: How old is too old?The bottom line: I recommend both parents ought to be younger than 30 at first childbirth. If this is not possible, the younger the better.JOBS? Anyone who values their “career” over the health of their family is a fool. And there is never a “perfect” or an “easy” or a “good” time to have children. It is always far, far more challenging than you ever imagined.However, please be married prior to having children. Two parent families confer significant educational, financial, and social benefits to our future generation.I just think about science and proof. It might not be always popular at the moment.
At what age would it become okay to leave your child at home while you go to the shops?
Since times are changing, things don't seem the same as when I was a child. I remember probably being about 10 when my mum popped out for about half an hour or so to go to the shops. At what age these days would it be okay to leave your child to pop out for a while? Now I am a mother, I am not so sure. Mind you I would never leave my children at this present time as they are all under 5yrs. I am however curious as to when other parents decied it was okay to go out when the kids are at home. I am mostly talking about day outings, not night time ones. I am thinking about 13 - 14 yo's. What do you think?
What is a reasonable curfew for a 16 year old on prom night?
On my prom night (1994) we all went bowling after, then to a friends house and all stayed the night with adult supervision. I went home around 1 as I wanted to sleep in my own bed.
Do you think Homeschooling is good or bad for children?
If you ask me, public school shouldn't even be considered "school". Kids in public school get lost in the shuffle. They will be lucky if they learn the basics by 4th grade. I know kids who go to public school. I know 3rd graders who can't read. I know 6th graders who couldn't tell you what country they live in. The main reason many people are against homeschooling is because they think homeschoolers are not socialized. Just because your child is put in a room with 20 or 30 other kids everyday doesn't mean that is socialization. The "socialization" (if you want to call it that) that goes on in public school is scary. Kids get made fun of if they don't have the best clothes or the latest shoes. Kids who pick on other kids for no reason whatsoever. I toured a public school once. The kindergartners were walking down the hall chanting "No guns at school! No knives at school!" I'm not really sure how this would be acceptable to any parent. I get sickened when I hear people say that homeschoolers are not social. Believe it or not--school is not the only place to make friends! There are plenty of homeschooling groups, play groups, youth groups, extracurricular activities, sports, classes, etc. out there where kids can interact. Let's put it this way: Most homeschoolers I've seen are more social than the kids I've seen who go to public school. They not only know how to interact with kids their own age, but with adults as well. Homeschoolers have the advantage of learning at their own pace. They also have the advantage of not only learning things like math, science, spelling, etc. but also things that will help them with everyday life. Homeschoolers have the advantage of doing more hands-on things. Whereas at public school hands-on things are often limited because of what it costs to provide the experience for 20 or 30 students. Homeschoolers also tend to be smarter. They get accepted to colleges more easily because they tend to be harder workers and better acheivers.
What do you think is a good age to play spin the bottle at a party?
15