Agree? Parents Charge 18-Year-Old Daughter Rent After High School Graduation

A lot of my friends charge their kids rent to live at home. They also invested that rent money so they could give it all back and then some at a later time.
It takes 2-3 working people to barely scrape by these days.
I bought my house 12 years ago. Mortgage was $800 a month. Paid it off in full 3 years later because screw handing over all that interest money.
Just checked current market value and mortgage rates. If I bought this same house today, my mortgage would be $3,450 a month.

If she’s employed then yes. IF and it’s a big IF they’re good parents. They’ll secretly save it for her and give it to her when she moves out. If they’re asshole parents like mine were, they’ll just keep it lmao.

This is the mindset that has intrinsically corrupted the american family. That is my thoughts. You should raise a child who WANTS to contribute rather than charge them.

If there going to college i would not charge anything if they have a good job but waisting there money yes, but put it in an account that she can have when she realizes she needs to be responsible and move out or go to college.

They should charge their daughter for rent. She's got to grow up and take on grown-up responsibilities. $200 a month is cheap.

Watch her go work in a tity bar

Gay. If you don't actually need the $$$, she'll learn a lot more if you make her invest it instead (and starting investing early can easily make one wealthy by middle age).

Only makes sense if she is not going to college

Why does this dude remind me of John Wayne Gacy?

I dont think id feel right charging my own son anything to live with me. Profiting off my son, no thanks. Long as he pays his share of utilities and his own bills, he can live here all he wants, HES MY SON.

Just token rent deposited in a savings account to finance her wedding.

For the parents: Why don't you help your daughter find a good husband instead of doing all this nonsense.

Did he draw the knives?

What do I think? Not to be mean or anything, I don't know what kind of relationship you have forged with your child, but I think you are leaving a TON of information out of the picture for anyone to make any kind of an opinionated decision! DOES SHE HAVE A JOB? WHAT KIND OF A JOB? DOES SHE WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE? IS SHE RESPONSIBLE WITH HER TIME? DOES SHE "OBEY THE HOUSE RULES"? Is she a good kid? Does she have the propensity to save, to look down her road? It sounds to me like....no, she doesn't want to go to school or continue any kind of higher learning, judging what you're putting out there for us, and your wanting to "charge her". What do I think? Some parent you are. YOU BETTER NOT BE SPENDING THAT MONEY...You're worrying about her "eating your food out of your refridgerator". Looks like you could go a little leash on the eating pal. If she actually does give you money, you better be saving that FOR HER, then you can tell everyone you taught her a little responsibility. Other than that.....nobody can really honestly give an accurate assessment of this shit.

100 % agree.... i paid rent at 18 and now make 6 figures.

She will be whoring herself out doing car dates outside the house!

I agree 100%. Empowering young people is an integral part of parental education. This responsibility must be applied from an early age, with small gestures such as saving money with pocket money. Parents who do not apply this educational rule will suffer negative consequences when their children become adults, incapable of managing their personal lives.

The Dad doesn’t want to do it. The mom is spearheading it, probably because she’s jealous of her daughter in some way

She should be given a date of when she needs to move out. Those circumstances will allow her to malinger for as long as she wants. She'll likely get too comfortable living at home and won't be motivated to find her own place.

It's a great idea, last thing you need is a NEETette under your roof.
Then when she does find her own place you give her the money back as an apartment warming gift

sounds like a fantastic deal to me

Great move! Just don't bitch when she starts her Only Fans.

Yup, agree 100%, that's cheap rent. She's been sucking the tit for 18 years, time to wean her off.

Do it and she'll be pissing on your grave. She probably can't wait for you to die so she can inherit your $$$.

Yep, kids have it way too easy nowadays.

The only thing I do is have my daughters pay their car insurance since they are both in college and living at home. I opened a Roth IRA for them and I take that payment and put it in there. Life is a lot more expensive for this generation. Need to give them as much of a chance as possible.

Love it! When I was young half my modeling and babysitting money was taken and put in an account so when I turned 18 I could get the hell out lmao