Dear Queenie,
Our daughter has decided to quit school before graduation. She has a part-time job, but she lives with us and we pay for her school expenses, cell phone, health and car insurance and clothes.
Queenie, shouldn’t we continue to pay her expenses as long as she lives with us?—Doting mother
Dear Doting,
Not if she is not going to school! And that includes university depending on her age.
If she thinks she is ready to end her education, it is time she started learning what it is like to live in the real world without it. Stop paying her way and if she continues to live with you start charging her rent.
Of course, if she decides to go back to school you should start paying again, until she is ready to graduate (or leave school again) and go out on her own, but only until then.
