Children Becoming Independent Pillows

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

"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?'

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

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

'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.

'I find the best way to get them to grow up is to buy them a 1-way ticket to Europe, and let them work their way back.'

"I work well independently. I usually correct all the problems I create."

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

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

"Living underground is not what it used to be."

Son measuring his father against the wall.

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

Still living with parents....

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

'I dressed myself.'

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

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

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

"I found this hidden under his mattress."

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

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

Travelling with child sketchbook - finale

'Soon he will stop asking where he came from and start telling you where he is going.'

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

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

"Remember, fall is just one of many reasons you shouldn't leave your mother to go live in California."

"Quick! ...Do it now!"

Jimmy suffered from a severe fear of flying.

'If at first you don't succeed, don't plan on moving back home.'

"No. You can't move back in."