Parents would you charge your own child rent ?

[MAJOR METAL]

To the parents of www.talkbass.com would you charge your child ( over the age of 18) rent to live in your home ?

[Lesfunk]

I know a woman who charged her 16 year old rent.

[username n/a]

I have yet to become a parent.

[GregC]

Originally Posted by username n/a

I have yet to become a parent.

I think we're all grateful for that.

[Tony G]

My parents charge my 25 year old brother for rent. He has a career, is working on his masters in engineering part time, and is a relatively normal guy (though a bit of a goofball). However, he seems to have no interest in moving out anytime soon. He has no girlfriend, and no friends that are single that he could move in with. My parents want him out, but there he stays. So they charge him rent. Something like $600 a month I think? Considering his situation, I think they charge him rent as an incentive to grow up and move out. He has always been lagging behind a bit when it comes to maturing. His room at my parent's house still looks the same as it did when he was 12yrs old or so.

As a new parent, I hope I'm never put in this position with my son as my brother has done to my parents. I moved out and got married right after college at age 23-24. I hope my son does the same, but I have a looooonnng time to think about that.

[Ericman197]

So long as I am productive, I think I would be allowed to live at home rent-free almost indefinitely. But I don't think it would be wrong for a parent to charge rent if the kid is an adult, a dropout, or a total deadbeat. Nowadays I think it would not be appropriate to charge rent to a busy student, and to be fair, many of us stay in school until 22, and sometimes well beyond. It is really not in the parents' best interests to charge money to a student who cannot afford it.

[Deluge Of Sound]

This has always been a fascinating subject for me, subscribed.

[Relic]

Sure, my job as a parent is to teach my kids about the "real word" and it's also my job to put food on the table for everyone so, yes. I would charge rent.
If I was doing well financially and didn't really need it, I would still do it and put it into some sort of fund or acct for them for later.
Life 'aint easy. Better they learn it at home where there's a safety net then out in the real world later where there is no safety net.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Relic

Sure, my job as a parent is to teach my kids about the "real word" and it's also my job to put food on the table for everyone so, yes. I would charge rent.
If I was doing well financially and didn't really need it, I would still do it and put it into some sort of fund or acct for them for later.
Life 'aint easy. Better they learn it at home where there's a safety net then out in the real world later where there is no safety net.

Good points here. I believe for very similar reasons this is why my Dad charges my brother rent as mentioned in my post above.

[Rune Bivrin]

I took a sabbatical during high shool and worked in a TV repair shop. I was 18 then, and my parents had me pay rent. I thought that was fair; I was working full time.

[DaveDeVille]

Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

To the parents of www.talkbass.com
would you charge your child ( over the age of 18) rent to live in your home ?

actually, yes ...

i will be setting aside his rent money , or possibly open an interest bearing
savings account in his name , with the intention of giving it to him
whenever he decides to move out .

he will have to live by the same rules as i would expect any adult renter to live by ...

the only exception would be if he was enrolled , with passing grades ,
at school or university .
i understand how hard it can be to go to school full time , and still have to work a part time job .

[MakiSupaStar]

My parents charge me rent. I'm living in the house I grew up in. I'm basically paying off his mortgage. We're negotiating a handover.

[Mark Wilson]

My family's always been financially unstable, so when I turned 16, I offered to pay my own bills and a little extra.

So I kinda went the opposite way.
I just help out with what I can.

[Jeff Martinez]

I will absolutely charge my kids rent if they are still in my home as adults. The exception to that is if they are going to school full time.

[pointbass]

We absolutely charged rent to both of our kids once they graduated college .... two years for our daughter, nearly two years for our son. At the time ('97-'98) they paid $300 month + $50 a month for food.

They moved out within 3 months of each other. For the Christmas after they moved out, we gave them the money back (over $8K for our daughter, almost $7K for our son). But while they were living with us as adults they learned to budget properly .....

[EADG mx]

Originally Posted by pointbass

We absolutely charged rent to both of our kids once they graduated college .... two years for our daughter, nearly two years for our son. At the time ('97-'98) they paid $300 month + $50 a month for food.

They moved out within 3 months of each other. For the Christmas after they moved out, we gave them the money back (over $8K for our daughter, almost $7K for our son). But while they were living with us as adults they learned to budget properly .....

Clever.

[jamie'sdad]

i payed board of $50 p/week at the time that i had a job and was not at high school or college. seemed fair seeing that i was earning and so should contribute to the household bills

[thefruitfarmer]

Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

To the parents of www.talkbass.com would you charge your child ( over the age of 18) rent to live in your home ?

Absolutely.

If you give children things for nothing they never learn their value and turn into lazy adults who expect everything for nothing.

[megadan]

Yes, if they were bad or had dropped out of school. And only a minuscule amount ($100 a month)

[L-A]

I definitely expect my parents to charge if I get to live at their home and not be a full-time student anymore. Right now I'm grateful for them to support me and I try to help whenever I can.