I mean, I wasn't financially independent from my family until I was 25. Living with my parents for free and using the savings to afford college was the only rea

I mean, I wasn't financially independent from my family until I was 25. Living with my parents for free and using the savings to afford college was the only reason why I was able to get a college education and become a developer. I think the idea of kicking people out the moment they hit 18 isn't realistic anymore. Wages are not even high enough to be self-sufficient, let alone afford college without taking out exorbitant loans. Most of my college experience was spending hours past-class completing projects and doing extensive homework, so fitting in a job along with taking care of my disabled parents and trying to manage depression would've been a herculean effort. I already had to sacrifice quite a bit of my personal health in order to gamble on my college education leading to a good career.