As I’ve combed through the cringiest parenting texts on the internet, I’ve noticed some patterns emerging. One of them is that many of these texts are between adult children who still live with their parents and said parents. I say this in no way to shame people who live with their parents because of financial or personal reasons, but sometimes your relationship with your family improves when you no longer live together. When your parents are able to see you as an adult instead of a fully grown teenager eating their food and mooching off their water bill, they start to treat you as such. I don’t say this to blame adult children whose parents treat them like they are still 16. Many parents will do that whether their kids live with them or not! I just hope that everyone who is dealing with insane parents is able to help themselves through it as much as they can. Moving out isn’t always the worst first step, and maybe these parenting texts will help drive that point home.