Some young adults want independence from their parents as soon as possible. Other young adults prefer to live with their family for a longer time. Which of these solutions do you think is better?

TOEFL Writing Topic: Some young adults want independence from their parents as soon as possible. Other young adults prefer to live with their family for a longer time. Which of these solutions do you think is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Often when a teenager becomes a young adult, they tend to make decisions of their own. One such decision which a young adult makes is about whether they should live with their family or independent of them. As much as the alternate seems fascinating, I would prefer to live independent of my parents being a young adult.

I believe that living independently provides an individual with a sense of self-dependence in making other decisions too. Once a young adult starts living independently, he starts making his own decisions about other things – which are important for his survival as well as maintaining the continuance of his independence – at an early age. For example, a young adult dwelling independently would have to look after his consumptions, savings, expenditures, etc. He would need to balance them out in order to continue to live further a sustainable life. If the young adult’s expenses become way more than his savings then as a result, he would have to depend on his parents which will defy the goal of being independent with which the young adult started. Hence, the young adult would have to learn on how make appropriate decisions which will help him to continue with his state of independence further, at a young age.

Such self-dependence achieved also helps a person to thrive better and early in his future than a person who has been dependent on his parents since young age. The latter would most importantly lack good judgement of critical situations occurring in his nearing future and would most often seek help from others in order to either make proper decisions or be confident about the decision he makes. On the other hand, the former who already been making such decisions on their own would know how to weigh the merits and demerits of his own decision.