smartcookie,
I don’t know how old you are, but when I was a kid growing up 30 years ago I would leave the house in the morning, and if I remembered maybe come home for lunch. When it started getting dark we would know it’s time to go home. I things are different today, but to say the kids can’t go outside and play by themselves is beyond the pale. It is thinking like this that has contributed to the thinking that a 25 year old with 2 kids still needs to be supported fully. Kids need to learn independence. If they are coddled all there life, they will need to be coddled as grownups also.