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FAMILY LIVING Why Parents Don’t Prepare Their Children for Adult Life? It’s 2015 an according to research statistics most parents still have their children living with them past the age of 25 years old. Why has that become the norm? We have found that it is because most parents can’t relinquish, the idea of letting go of the vision they had for that little baby who is now an Adult. So parents send them to local college in hopes of holding on to them a little longer instead of preparing them for life’s challenges. Some of the challenges they will face are working while going to college, needing to start a 401K before turning 21, looking at how to manage your credit and consider buying home early in life to build you financial, portfolio etc., many would say that is too much for a 18 year old or 21 year old. We did our research and found that those families who discuss financial strategies early with their children, those children, become financially successful earlier than those children who families who avoid talking about financial strategies with them, not preparing your children for the different challenges they will face and leaves them without the tools to manage their lives successfully which leaves them powerless when it comes to growing in life and leaves them in fear of being able to manage their life as an adult. The reality is that parents should start preparing their children for the real world by the time they are at least 10 years of age. This takes the fear out of being an adult simply because, without preparation most young adults are unaware of the responsibilities, of life and lack direction which causes them to wander through life and depend on their parents to provide them insight to facing those challenges they are uncertain about which the parents must provide them some form of information and tools. Yet, again parents can not protect, their children from making mistakes when they become adults, but making sure that they have they necessary information to make proper choices and learning to live with the consequences, of the choice will help them to grow and become responsible, productive, adults and citizens the society and world we live in today. Train up a child. - Proverbs 22:6