Honestly most parents I know IRL, say this stuff to me all the time. That they love their kids, but if they could take it back.... When we tell them we don't want kids, they say, "Good... DON'T DO IT!".

And then to think the (not so alleged) lesbian duo Tatu was the Russian entry for Eurovision 2003...

I know. Listening to my nanny-kids describe their dreams is an unselfish act of love, because it is convoluted and boring as hell. There's never a point and ALWAYS at least one ninja, dragon, or shoot-out. You'd think it'd be interesting!

I'm horribly guilty of this and I need to change before my daughter gets older. I'll clean until 8, I always make his plate first with the largest amount of food. In my case part of it is cultural, I'm just doing what I saw my mom do. Reading your comment made me realize I should change.

Its not considered a burden to take care of the people who gave you life. You should be grateful to them for all time.

well you should consider a wider worldview in which parents are trash as well sometimes, and a cultural standard of a child leaving a home at 18 (due to a legal definition of adulthood in the USA) isn't always an asshole parent kicking a kid out. Also- just because we leave at 18 does not mean we treat our kids like…

But really can we make Conchita the next bond girl and use this song? It just seems tailor-made.

Or insisted that you did it all wrong anyway and that she would just have to fix it herself after you messed it up ...

I can't even remember how much I actually helped out as a kid because my mom's martyr act was so over-the-top. I really think I was pretty good about doing chores.

I'm going to vote for Conchita on Saturday!!!! Take that Russia!!!

Uh, your adult children will probably not be hanging out with you all the time. They are adults and will be living their own lives.

I think a HUGE thing folks miss is the following from the Pew report - "In the census data used for this analysis, college students who live in dormitories during the academic year are counted as living with their parents." Granted, the taken out of context idea that folks 18+ are living with parents in humongous…

Yeah, this was me when I lived at home after graduation too. I ate dinner with my parents, which my mom or dad usually cooked, but otherwise I did most of my personal tasks like laundry and lunches myself, but that wasn't really all that different from when I was a teenager.

I don't know what world you live in, but most 18 year olds aren't kicked out of their houses. After, or even during, college, most kids want to start making it on their own and voluntarily decide to move out. I don't know where the hell you get the idea that "white" families just kick out their children on their 18th…

I don't know about your Mom, but my Mom simply won't let me do my own laundry or cook for myself when I am in her home. I don't live with her anymore (haven't for a few decades now) but it was exactly the same when I was living there. There is something very compelling for her about taking on that role when her…

So much if this depends on your particular family and experiences. It sounds nice to me in theory. But my family was toxic and I moved out at 16 and live several time zones away to preserve my own mental health. The thought of living together again is loathsome to me. However if I had different parents I can see how…

Well my dad raped my sister and my mom is a heroin addict who had me because the church shamed her into refusing an abortion. Grateful doesn't seem to encapsulate it. Still wanna spout self righteous ignorant bullshit that applies to only a certain situation in your mind?

Uh no. I got married at 38. No way in hell I (or my patents) would have survived those extra 17 yrs living under the same roof with the same people who thought they could ground me at 21. No thanks!

ummm. most american kids are pretty psyched to leave at 18. No one lives with their parents by choice. It's lack of money and jobs: necessity. A lot even leave sooner. But awesome job trying to make this into something it's not? I guess? Can I now criticize other cultures for burdening young families by forcing them…

Meh. My brothers and I all go "kicked out" at 18.