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  • At what age would you start treating your child like an adult?

    I'm 21 years old, engaged (my fiance is 22), have a college degree, live on my own with my fiance, we pay all our bills (including school), etc. etc. etc. I'm not financially dependent on my parents in any way.

    Well my parents are currently in marriage counseling and their therapist told them that my fiance and I are too young to be treated like adults. I understand that we are young and haven't been adults for very long, but I think it's rude of her to tell my parents not to treat us like adults. Like I said, we take care of ourselves, have college degrees, have full time jobs, etc. and yet she thinks my parents shouldn't take anything we say seriously. It's to the point where my parents are begging me to move back in with them (they're in Vermont, we're in Maine). Am I doing something wrong, or are they having a hard time letting go of me? I'm working my *** off and rarely ask them for help and it's like they can't handle it. They seem to think I can't take care of myself even though I've been doing it since I was 18. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm not sure how to go about it anymore. They've been doing this for a couple years now.

    Thanks!

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