to ask how many of you charge your 18 yo to live at home?

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Nothing.
Shes still in full time education. But to be honest at 18 I don't think they should pay anything in education or not

Mine aren't 18 yet, but I'll probably ask them to pay something towards food and bills when they've left education and have a full time job. I think it's good for them to learn to budget. I'll probably put it away for them though for when they're ready to move out

I can't imagine ever charging one of our children to live at home - but if they were earning, I'd like to see that they were saving a proportion of their salary.

We do not charge our son to live at home, but he is still at school. Were he working full-time I would expect him to contribute to the household. As I did when I left school.

I don't charge my nearly 18yr old anything at the moment. In full time education and she has a part time job. We pay her basic phone contract and buy basic toiletries (san pro, shampoo etc), hobby fee and car insurance
Her earnings do however cover her social life, presents at Christmas for whoever she bought for (mainly me ) and she's been told she has to start saving towards running her car which was bought with her savings. If she wants to have more expensive things she'll need to learn to save for it the same as DH and I do.
I do think board and lodgings are important in teaching that food and rent is not free and if she has full time hours when she's not in school/uni will take some off her (probably to give back in future as a help with house deposit)
I think she'll be staying at home for some time

I just don't understand the not charging ro live at home. It's the parents home too and they pay to live their. Where is the cut off? What age does it become an adult not paying their way?

DS has paid board since he started his apprenticeship. He's an earning adult on a reasonable wage and needs to get used to paying his way and becoming independent. We will be helping him out with a house deposit when the time comes.