There are few issues more emotionally complicated than family. We love our children fiercely. As parents, our instincts tell us to protect, to comfort, to make life easier where we can. But sometimes… love looks like letting go.
This blog is not going to sit well with everyone. It may even challenge or offend people I care deeply for. That’s okay. Sometimes truth stings before it heals.
At the heart of this message is a hard truth I believe down to my core: adult children should not live with their parents—unless there is a true emergency, a health crisis, or a major life transition requiring temporary support. And even then, it must be temporary.
We justify these arrangements as “smart financial planning” or “helping them get on their feet.” But in truth, we may be doing more harm than good. We’re shielding them from the very thing that could shape their character and future: struggle.
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