Seems like the living-at-home thing is different for everyone.
My youngest brother, who just turned 29, lived with my parents pretty much non-stop until he started grad school last fall. I don't think that my parents regretted having him home for one minute. My mom says she misses him now, and my dad now has nobody to boss around on his home improvement projects. I know that my brother also benefited greatly from living rent-free, so for them it was largely a win-win situation. My other brother had largely the same experience, and moved out at about the same age (though he spent several years away at school in between).
By contrast I have really only visited my parents since I started college at 17, and I've been financially independent from them since age 20. I'm pretty happy with the hand I got dealt as well.
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My youngest brother, who just turned 29, lived with my parents pretty much non-stop until he started grad school last fall. I don't think that my parents regretted having him home for one minute. My mom says she misses him now, and my dad now has nobody to boss around on his home improvement projects. I know that my brother also benefited greatly from living rent-free, so for them it was largely a win-win situation. My other brother had largely the same experience, and moved out at about the same age (though he spent several years away at school in between).
By contrast I have really only visited my parents since I started college at 17, and I've been financially independent from them since age 20. I'm pretty happy with the hand I got dealt as well.