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SvennoJ said:
Goatseye said:
Leaving parents at the age of 18 is a huge mistake. Financially and socially.
At that age, kids are not even adults. At that stage in life, the best coaches are parents and not some stranger or another confused teenager.

It's the normal thing to do when you go to university. At first I still came back for the weekends but that became less and less as the years went on. When I dropped out I never thought about going back home. Got a shitty job to keep living there until I found something better.
I'm glad I had a good long period to learn to take care of myself. The worst thing imo is to live at home until you get married or move in with someone else.

By living with parents, doesn't mean a young adult just learn how to mooch off them and nothing else. I had to work at my mom's business between 15-19 years old. 

I had to keep an eye on my brother to stay off trouble and make sure the monthly bills were paid when she was abroad in business. 

I doubt I could get the maturity and self awareness I got from experienced people around me, somewhere else as easily.