I had been gone for a while. I feel have so much insight into Steplife since having survived my Stephell. I have been reading a lot of the failure to launch posts and I have to say that in my opinion, 18 isn't the magic number for kids/skids to figure it out and leave on their own. Personally, I feel they aren't mature enough at 18. I myself have 3 sons. 2 skids. All 5 are adults now. Each kid was a different experience. Kid 1 was a pain in my a**. Always giving me trouble, didn't want to finish HS. At age 16 I sent him to boot camp - where he got his HS diploma.