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teenage kids wanna move out before they are 18

Lisa - posted on 08/03/2010 ( 3 moms have responded )

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my girl is going to be 18 in 2 months and she just had an eye opener of moving out into the real world and she looked on the internet for apartments and cars and insurance for her car , she came to us this morning and said momma and dad i can't move out there it's crazy !!! but this went on for like a week of i'm going to do this and i'm gonna do this . and she ended up doing nothing but staying and saying sorry and telling us that she loves us very much .

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Julie - posted on 09/10/2010

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my son always said when he left school he was getting a job and moving out. i just said good luck with that son. he's 22 and still here. he realised the big bad world is expensive and he would have to do his own washing ha ha kids do things when they are ready and we cant do anything to talk them out of it. but like our kids they realise themselves where they are better off for another while. i would miss my son. he's a royal pain at times but he is my royal pain and a reall mummies boy at heart. i love having him round and will miss him when he finaly does go. dont worry about her she sounds like mine. in a couple of years you will be on here asking for advise about how to get her out ha ha just relish the extra mummying time you have before she does spread her wings and flee the nest i know i do

Melissa - posted on 09/10/2010

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I have a 19 & 17 year old, both boys. They have pretty much been with me the whole time, except when they lived with their dad. They have come to the conclusion that they wanted to move out. My 19 year old, yes I can understand, but my 17 year old has no clue what he's getting into. I have to say, that as hard as it is for me, I told them to go and find out for themselves. It's so much harder out there on your own. They both have jobs and stay with family, which I just cant understand, but I guess it's "cooler" than still living with mom. They are doing ok, but to me, Im mom and I'll always have to take care of them. They know they always have a home with me, and can come back anytime. It's really hard to let them go, but they do grow up, just as we did, and they have to learn lifes lessons just as we did,and still do. I moved out at age 15, and I wish I had stayed home. I went thru alot of "junk" and i dont want my children to have to go thru it. But, they will Im sure. I put them in God's Hands and I trust Him to take care of them.

Cheyenne - posted on 09/04/2010

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be lucky she wanted to stay. i had to move out at 17 because my brother beat me and my parents did NOTHING!!! now my sister, who is 18 1/2, decided she wants to move out with a women she just met 6 months ago. she thinks because she is 18 she can do whatever she wants. if it hadnt been for my brother beating me i would still be there going to school, having a life, and not being a young mother. love your daughter and hope she will stay with you and be good.

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