The unusual ways Western parents raise children

Re:The unusual ways Western parents raise children by decafninja on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:12PM (#26253387)

One of the biggest ways I see is the idea of when to move out of your parents' household.

At least in American society, it's considered imperative to move out ASAP - when leaving for college, or at the latest, upon graduating. Even if it means dumping a huge portion of your paycheck into rent for place barely 15 minutes from your parents' home.

In other societies it's more common to live with your parents well into adulthood. Marriage is often the point where you have to move out.

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Re:The unusual ways Western parents raise children by phabora on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:41PM (#26253805)

That’s not the case where I live in the small non-American West.

We’ve all seen the American TV show/films where some Mega Loser has failed to move out the year they become eighteen and graduated the year they become twenty-two. Maybe it comes off as a trope for non-Americans.

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Re:The unusual ways Western parents raise children by decafninja on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:57PM (#26254027)

In America, if you don't move out ASAP, you are considered a failure, a loser, a (wo)man-child, etc.

In other countries (or even cultural enclaves in the US), it's considered perfectly normal and acceptable. You'll see highly paid professionals like medical doctors, hedge fund managers or SWEs making huge salaries living with their parents.

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