Absolutely agree! Need to pay a little rent, do a few chores, actually pull your weight. I'm 22 and expect I'll be living at home for a few years longer (until I get a better paid job and manage to save up), but they're more than fine with it as long as I clean up after myself, do the dishes now and again and cook my own food. Oh, and as long as I give them (very low) rent every month. Bless them.

My grandson lives at home and is 25 he has Assburgers , went to collage graduated and makes good money, can't be on his own but mom is grateful for the new phones, Monitor, paying for the chicken feed and dog food( four dog very large dogs) and pays utilities. Mom pays house payments, insurance , also works, and they both buy groceries. It's call a family. Dad does is best, he has Arthrites in his whole body and retired. If a daughter or son lives at home there is always love. Unless son or daughter is a user, that would be another story and I don 't have any.

I think your experience may be atypical. Around here, even the trade jobs aren't paying well and a lot of them still require a degree of some sort. Even in areas where jobs are paying well, housing costs and living costs are a major factor causing headaches even for full-time employees making above minimum wage.

Stupid phone!!! You know what I mean

Proveably

They require very little training (usually a year or so) and the pay for those are phenomenal. I got one am 32 I work in the transportation industry and it is booming right now. I understand still staying with your parents BUT I don't think "the economy" is a good reason to site as a reason. Also housing in most states isn't THAT high compared to the salary that is being offered plus most companies are looking to raise the minimum wage anyway. If you live with your parents just own it and don't use a probably incorrect excuse

It's near impossible to do that these days. Wages have stagnated while the cost of living has soared.

There is is no written rule that says you should live independently when you reach a certain age.