Child Transitioning To Independence Gifts

"Quick! ...Do it now!"

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

"Yeah, you could say I've got mother issues....she told me I have to move out!"

'What about you...you've been living here thirty years too?'

'Isn't it time you started thinking about cars instead of horsie rides?'

"Your mother and I want to make your 21st birthday a moving experience. We'll help you pack."

"Allowance?! Yeah, if you take out the trash, I'll allow you to keep living here."

"They grow up so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that he was in the third grade. Wait, it was yesterday!"

Having installed a hydraulically operated wall in their 25-year-old's bedroom...

'Male, 38, still living with his parents. They asked us to keep him overnight, so they could change the locks.'

And so Bob's folks sent him off into the world. But not before running a few last tests, just to be sure he could handle it.

Pubertry

"Come on Mum, I'm fully grown-up, surely you can let my friend come between you and me safely..."

You're not a little girl anymore

'It's all right with me if you go out, but you'll have to file a flight plan with your father.'

'By the time I was your age , I'd already run away from home TWICE!'

Still living with parents....

'I dressed myself.'

'As a bachelor I have to wash my own clothes, clean my own room. The do it all again three months later.'

"My son's a commonwealth - I give him money to be independent."

"Oh, don't jump. But at least learn to code."

"With finances the way they are we had to give up the idea of a family holiday this year."

'You're at that awkward age where the others have figured out that you're a drone and you don't do anything.'

"Somehow, Daniel, you're not as cute as you used to be, and you're beginning to lose our attention."

'Isn't it great Darling: The kids are now old enough to have dinner ready when we get home...'

"Nothing personal - I'm through with the male brain."

"It says, 'Machine wash with, like, color,' but it doesn't say, like what kind of colors."

"I found this hidden under his mattress."

'Dad, when do I stop being a wholly owned susidiary of you and Mom?'

'Some of these young school leavers aren't remotely prepared for the realities of the modern work environment.'

"Our little girl is growing up - this very morning she told me she hates me."

"Son, I really wish I could tell you that "Cowboy Ballerina" is a normal part of growing up, but... it's not."

Al, what advice would you give me as I begin my journey on the highway of adulthood? Pull over onto the shoulder and pretend you have engine trouble. With luck, a beautiful female mechanic will stop to help.

“When I move out, will I be given a golden parachute?”

'I must be growing up...I took a bath without being told to!'