For and against essay (Diego Rosso)

Is 18 a very good age to leave home?

When you are 18 years old you may think "Wow, now I'm a man!" (Not really, you are still a young boy so don't get happy so soon) and thanks to that now you can do a lot of things that were forbidden before (well, those "things"were illegal but not forbidden because you did them), and one of them is to leave home and start living on your own. But, is it a good idea to leave home at 18?


There are a lot of advantages when leaving home at 18 : you can do whatever you want in your new apartment/house, you won't have your parents bugging you all the time saying "tidy your room", "do this and that", and so on. You can start to feel free, you can arrive home whenever you want to, invite home whoever you want, eat what you want, make parties.... Because it's your house. If you weren't allowed to have pets in your parent's home, now you can have them. It's Freeland!


All this sounds pretty good but there are also a few disadvantages. You will have to pay a rent in your new house, you will have to clean the house even if you don't want to and you will feel alone unless you share the new house with a mate. You will miss your parents as well, although you were tired of them, you will miss them, everyone does it. You will have to cook your own food (or if you are lazy one day you can call Pizzahut for a fast dinner) and all these things will use a lot of your time. In addition you won't have all that free time you used to have when you lived at your parents house.


In my opinion to start a new life sounds pretty cool but be aware because it's no that cool, you will have a lot of responsibility with you. A house is not only used for eating and sleeping, it has also other responsibilities, cleaning up, cooking, etc. The best idea if you are leaving home, is to find a mate so in that way the rent will be you less expensive and responsabilities can be shared. If you are going to leave at the age of 18 think it carefully and think if you are going to be able to deal with all those responsibilities. If you are not ready, don't worry, take your time... you will leave home one day, so no need to rush!