Comments on: Is Your Son or Daughter Wanting to Move Out? http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/ Resources and information for moms. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nikki Brown http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 Nikki Brown Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:33:58 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2421 Oh Mimi, I shudder as I read your account here. We are most likely only about five years from having to face this issue. I do plan on stressing finances and budgeting as part of their school curriculum. What is your opinion on the practice some people have of charging their kids rent while they are still at home? I have heard of some parents doing this once their kids start working. Some will even put that "rent" money aside and then give it to the child later when they are ready to get married or buy a house. Any thoughts on that? Oh Mimi, I shudder as I read your account here. We are most likely only about five years from having to face this issue. I do plan on stressing finances and budgeting as part of their school curriculum. What is your opinion on the practice some people have of charging their kids rent while they are still at home? I have heard of some parents doing this once their kids start working. Some will even put that “rent” money aside and then give it to the child later when they are ready to get married or buy a house. Any thoughts on that?

]]> By: MKlosterman http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2420 MKlosterman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:53:58 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2420 It's better for kids to make mistakes at home than when they're on their own. Parents are around to teach them how to solve these types of problems. It's better for kids to make mistakes at home than when they're on their own. Parents are around to teach them how to solve these types of problems.

]]> By: Wesley http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Wesley Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:20:30 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2296 Mary, I want to commend you for what you are doing. Far too young people move out without the skills they actually do need to move out. There is always trail and error but not all things in life have to be done like that. By teaching your daughter how to do those things now you are preparing her to one day live on her own and not have to live at Taco Bell or have 20 overdraft fees within the fist month. Mary,

I want to commend you for what you are doing. Far too young people move out without the skills they actually do need to move out. There is always trail and error but not all things in life have to be done like that. By teaching your daughter how to do those things now you are preparing her to one day live on her own and not have to live at Taco Bell or have 20 overdraft fees within the fist month.

]]> By: Wesley http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2295 Wesley Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:18:04 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2295 I totally agree. Way better for them to mess up at home and you can easily help them out of the situation than on their own. I totally agree. Way better for them to mess up at home and you can easily help them out of the situation than on their own.

]]> By: Wesley http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Wesley Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:17:18 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2294 I think that's a very good idea. If you do not charge them rent, and this is generally speaking, they are going to blow it. That money that they are giving you will go on clothes, cell phones, shoes, ect. If you save it for them now they will have a nest egg later. Very good idea. A couple hundred dollars, not too much, maybe $150-$200 is perfect. Their appreciation may go up as well. On a side note though, when you start charging them rent its very hard to enforce rules because now they feel like they are paying their share and can do whatever they want. -WB I think that’s a very good idea. If you do not charge them rent, and this is generally speaking, they are going to blow it. That money that they are giving you will go on clothes, cell phones, shoes, ect. If you save it for them now they will have a nest egg later. Very good idea. A couple hundred dollars, not too much, maybe $150-$200 is perfect. Their appreciation may go up as well. On a side note though, when you start charging them rent its very hard to enforce rules because now they feel like they are paying their share and can do whatever they want.

-WB

]]> By: texaspawprints http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 texaspawprints Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:33:58 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2293 Oh Mimi, I shudder as I read your account here. We are most likely only about five years from having to face this issue. I do plan on stressing finances and budgeting as part of their school curriculum. What is your opinion on the practice some people have of charging their kids rent while they are still at home? I have heard of some parents doing this once their kids start working. Some will even put that "rent" money aside and then give it to the child later when they are ready to get married or buy a house. Any thoughts on that? Oh Mimi, I shudder as I read your account here. We are most likely only about five years from having to face this issue. I do plan on stressing finances and budgeting as part of their school curriculum. What is your opinion on the practice some people have of charging their kids rent while they are still at home? I have heard of some parents doing this once their kids start working. Some will even put that “rent” money aside and then give it to the child later when they are ready to get married or buy a house. Any thoughts on that?

]]> By: MKlosterman http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 MKlosterman Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:53:58 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2292 It's better for kids to make mistakes at home than when they're on their own. Parents are around to teach them how to solve these types of problems. It's better for kids to make mistakes at home than when they're on their own. Parents are around to teach them how to solve these types of problems.

]]> By: Mary Lutz http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/is-your-son-or-daughter-wanting-to-move-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Mary Lutz Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:25:50 +0000 http://www.momstalknetwork.com/resources/?p=3744#comment-2290 I think the more you can prepare your kids while they're still at home, the better off they'll be when they move out. My 17 year old baby is in her last year of highschool and is going to attend the community college nearby. I'm trying to teach her how to cook, budget, clean and take care of her car so that she will know how to do it when she's out on her own. I'm not saying there won't be times when she will need help, because there certainly will be. But the more prepared they are when they're still under your roof, the easier it will be when they move out. My daughter does her own laundry, keeps her room and the upstairs bathroom clean as well as vacuums the entire upstairs, every week, without me reminding her. It's the cooking, helping out with other chores and budgeting that she really needs to work on...especially the cooking...lol. I think the more you can prepare your kids while they're still at home, the better off they'll be when they move out. My 17 year old baby is in her last year of highschool and is going to attend the community college nearby. I'm trying to teach her how to cook, budget, clean and take care of her car so that she will know how to do it when she's out on her own. I'm not saying there won't be times when she will need help, because there certainly will be. But the more prepared they are when they're still under your roof, the easier it will be when they move out. My daughter does her own laundry, keeps her room and the upstairs bathroom clean as well as vacuums the entire upstairs, every week, without me reminding her. It's the cooking, helping out with other chores and budgeting that she really needs to work on…especially the cooking…lol.

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