Writing Feedback / 'Living with parents and generation gap' - Topic: iBT writing [11]

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

Although in my country the young people live with their parents until they get married, I prefer living alone rather than living with parents as soon as possible. Parents are the most precious possessions we have but living in a separate house have several advantages which make people prepared for the future life and the problems a person would confront with.

First, for living alone young adults need to find a job as soon as they can to afford to pay for their lives costs and place. My brother, for example, decided to move to a house and live with one of his friends. His friend asked him to pay for the half of the rent fee. My brother was unemployed on that time and did not take it serious to have a job. My parents did not help him with the house payment. He looked for a job and he found a position in a company as the manager of the production line. So living alone resulted in financial independence of my brother.

Second reason is the generation gap in the today's world. The young adults cannot stand their parents' thoughts and ideas easily. There are always some differences among family members' opinions. When the children grow up, these differences are presented more because of this fact that the young people intend to decide independently and think that their parents' opinions are not spot on. So there are sometimes some challenges between children and parents. When they live far from their parents there would be fewer contacts. We Iranian have a proverb which says "more far from a person you live, more friendships you would have with him/her". The final and the important reason in my opinion, is the preparation for future life. They can learn how to come along with different people and to cope with their problems alone.

In general, living with parents is not a great issue but it would lead to some big challenges for young people and becoming independence have more advantages weighed more disadvantages.