As a parent, what would drive you to kick a child out of their own home?

Answer 1

i was driven out by my parents because they didnt like my boyfreind, they didnt want me going to university and i was under the permenant impression they generally didnt like me very much
three years down the line i am still with my partner
i have a degree
i have my own home
and i have a good job!
and i get on better with my parents than i ever have before

Answer 2

If the child is over the age of 18 is not in school does not work and sits around doing nothing that's a pretty good way of getting out of my house.

Answer 3

For me though not a parent, I would probably have to agree with some other people on the level of if my child was disrespectful doing drugs and even having sex in my home. I mean its one thing to have a reasonable argument at times between parents and kids, but its a whole other matter when they repeatedly and blatantly ignore the rules they have known been setup since the day you moved in the house and they were old enough to follow them. There is no excuse for them to stay in a house they don't treat with respect. So as I see it, if they are man or woman enough to talk back about the rules myself and my husband would have set up for "our" home, then they can quite nicely pack their bags and leave.

Now as for a child that is just lazy I would just tell them that the rules still apply to them, but they have one of two options they are either working to save up money to find their own place. Or they are going to school. I mean sure I give anyone a year or two off after high school graduation to relax because that is what I did, took a year off getting my first 2 years at college and now I'm back and enrolling for two more years in another college. I wouldn't hold my child to my standards by no means, but you aren't just going to laze around the house all day, when myself and your father has to work. I would tell any kid that. Life is full of positive opportunities and when people stand up and acknowledge them they can go far. And I want that for my kids. I want them to live their dreams and be able to support themselves. So to me in that aspect its not kicking them out.

P.S. I wish my parents would kick me out, I mean I sort of was the lazy kid for a while there, and my mom keeps yelling at me because I don't clean up enough around the house with her. I mean she totally by passes the fact that she married my dad and he is part of this family as well. Sure he has arthritis as does my mom, but she expects her and I to clean and cook and do everything around here while my dad does nothing. And to be quite honest it makes me very resentful at times. I have tried putting out applications and things too for work but the area we live in, just is not hiring worth anything right now. I don't have my own car or a license. As money is very tight for all this. And partially I stay because I want my parents to accept my decisions for what I want for my life but yet and still they try and control me more with their own ideas. So that is how I feel living with parents that wish to "keep" me instead of helping me find my own way by kicking me out. Sometimes parents have to cut the strings for their own good as well.

Answer 4

If that child was over 18, finished with school, and able to support themselves.

Answer 5

I could not kick a child out ...no matter what they did..the thing to do would be to try to deal with the problems at hand.
A teenager would be a different matter and the behavior and attitude would definitely be an issue. Drugs would also be an issue.

Answer 6

If he said to you that he would stay with you and told you and told you and than when you took his mom (ex-wife) to court to battle for it he said that he wanted to be with her. Than years later he admits to hating your current wife who he says has treated him like a step son but can think of no specific incidents and than looks at porn on a DVD in your house than tries to blame it on your other sons and the neighbors and their friends and everyone else but you know it is him because he has been caught doing it before.

That might do it...

Answer 7

Disrespect and failure to thrive. or refusal to thrive.

They would not be totally on their own. I would send him to a strict male influence.

Answer 8

My dad kicked me out cause I got a job and he coundnt handle the jealousy. I make more than him..

Answer 9

A heck of a lot. Children are children, and even if they do something totally unforgivable, they're your responsibility. Even if you have to go to desperate measure(boarding school, etc.), kicking them out will be something you would regret for the rest of your life. You'd not only wreck their life, but yours, too.

Answer 10

My brother shot me...was that a good enough reason?