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What age is too young to leave home?

Profile: Brittneym101
Brittneym101 on Nov 24, 2018
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Well, that depends on your location. Usually, if you are in the united states you legally need a guardian if you are under the age of 18. When you turn 16 though and some places if someone has agreed to take you in like a family member or something you can choose where to go. I am not sure if that's the case today, but some years ago yes. I do not and I repeat I do not recommend or suggest that you leave home if you are not of a legal adult age. That's Super Dangerous! Not smart!
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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Dec 5, 2018
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I see that it is never too young to leave home for your home is where you hang your hat. And I would never ask my family to leave it when the memories of the house have been yours for over 20 years or more. I would never want to kick my children out of the house when they been so good to me. I do not see this happening in my case here. But the question is not a good question because people do different things at different time of there lives here. And to me that is a hard question to answer.
Profile: Freedomtochoose
Freedomtochoose on Dec 8, 2018
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What age is too young to leave home? I think it depends on your circumstances. Do you want to leave cause you don’t want to follow rules and have the means to support yourself? Or do you need to leave home because you’re in a toxic household? People leave for various reasons so I think the question can be a bit tricky. I know people who left home as early as 15, cause they came from an abusive household and others cause they felt the need to be self sufficient at 19. I say if you’re in a happy home, don’t rush to grow up, bills can be overbearing.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Dec 28, 2018
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Age has nothing to do with when you should leave home. When you leave home you should be prepared to find a place to live and find a job so you can support yourself. maturity and age are two separate things and maturity should be the deciding factor in when you leave home because when you leave home you will be on your own. Leaving home can be rough and draining, you need to be ready for being on your own. you will know when you're ready to be on your own when you can fully rely on yourself and you don't need anyone else.
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Anonymous on Jan 12, 2019
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I believe that maturity is a very wide spectrum.. I know 18 year olds who are more mature than some 30 year olds. This being said, I believe that as long as a person has a job, knows how to manage finances in order to be able to provide for themselves, and is ready to make the commitment to sign a lease, that’s what matters. I think anyone under the age of 16 definitely should still be at home. In most states, you’re not even old enough to work unless you are 16. Being 16 years of age also means that you are of age to carry a drivers license. If you are of age to work, and of age to drive, and you know how to manage money well enough to take care of yourself, you could very well be just fine if there was a reason for you to leave home. However, I personally think that it’s a good thing to take advantage of staying at home and not having to pay rent as long as possible. The real world is a tough place!
Profile: Mary0000
Mary0000 on Feb 14, 2019
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Age is no bar. Age is nothing other than a number. Leaving home is just an example. Anything can be done without thinking of the age. Our world is full of people who did not respect their ages and went on to do great things. The best example can be non other than the world's second richest man in the world, Mr. Warren Buffett. This man started investing at the age of 11. May be the youngest investor of the world. The field of computer science is the best example of age no bar, we can find many people doing stuff more than their age. For example, I just saw this website http://codesmash.tech/ which say the boy learned codes at the age of 11 and has made websites and helping the world to make their own. So these examples say that, if kids are capable of changing our world then changing or leaving home is not a big deal for them. But to be more specific they should leave home only after they are capable to take a stand for themselves. May the joy be with you :-) !!!
Profile: M0lly123
M0lly123 on Feb 22, 2019
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The legal age to leave home is 16. However, some people at 16 will not feel mentally mature enough and that is okay. Not many people leave home at 16 because they are in education and need the support from their families. But those that do are able to support themselves. People come from all different backgrounds and move through life at different speeds. If you feel as though you are ready to leave home at 16 and your parents allow you then you should be able to leave but, if you are not ready that is also accepted. Some people never leave home and always lean on their parents for support. It just depends on whether you believe you are ready.
Profile: DelicateButterfly78
DelicateButterfly78 on Mar 27, 2019
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I'm not sure what you mean by "too young". So I will answer this as if you are asking "How old do you have to be before you can move out of your parents' home"? I think it all depends on what the legal age limit is in your country. Here in the U. S., the legal age is 18 in most states. So, I would stick with the legal age for your country. Another factor would be is if you were kicked out of the house, then I would say there would be no legal age there, but it would have to be really bad for parents to kick their minor child out of their home.
Profile: caringWinter88
caringWinter88 on May 1, 2019
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What would a person need to live alone? I know of people leaving young and people that were alone because their parents died young. I have seen people manage from 12-14 all alone but a lot If times with someone from 16 and up. Children on the street in India can be 2 years old and alone and working. So what does a person need to manage all the the things to survive by them selves? I have also seen old people still needing money from their very old parents. Not able to live alone. And people that now and then go back to their parents because some things are easy all allone when nothing happends and some times can change, life gets to hard and then some people need their parents again.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 30, 2019
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In my opinion, any age under eighteen is too young. You’re still a kid and you still rely on your parents for the basic necessities of living, such as food, education, money, etc. Honestly, until you’re able to provide for yourself, I wouldn’t recommend leaving home. And honestly, even though it may feel like you can’t wait to get the heck out of your parents’ house, it’s really not something to rush. You need to try and savor every single moment of your childhood. Believe me, you won’t regret it. You’ll cherish those memories for ever and ever.
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