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When parental love conflicts with personal boundaries

My adult son has been living in my basement for two years without paying rent or helping around the house and I want him to move out but I feel guilty about kicking out my own child.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between unconditional familial support and the right to one's own space challenges the limits of parental obligation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Rights — their origin and their limits?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.