I am not sure that is as universally true as you believe. In the old ages, an apprentice actually had to move to a different area to be given the master title.

I am not sure that is as universally true as you believe. In the old ages, an apprentice actually had to move to a different area to be given the master title. I have no english references for you right now, and I am probably lacking the proper translations as well, but here is a German wikipedia article about the phenomenon which you can probably use to follow the breadcrums: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderjahre https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderjahre Also, I am not American, and moving out and implicitly stopping the overcontrolling manners of my mother was one of the best things I have done in my whole life. IOW, it really depends on your parents and family if you can stay and still develop into an independant adult.