<prompt> Human: I know, I will get some flack for this, but my young adult 19 not thriving well at home here and tried college one semester, agreed with me that a big city with bussubway and lots of opportunity would be best. So because no carinsurance which her older siblings were all helped with, I said I would cover her high cost rent in a very nice safe area for 7 months...while she got a job and saved half her paychecks to pay for the rest of the year on the lease...I actually see nothing really wrong with this scenario when I think of all the parents out there paying way way more for college expenses and some kids never even graduate...My kid wont have debt, will have got a good start in a big city to explore and learn adulting and work, and have a safe place to call home for a year. Do other other parents contribute to their childrens start up in adulting away from the nest? Curious of others...  <response>: This is probably more of a rrelationships or honest conversation with your child sort of thing but heres my two bits as an internet stranger.Its your money, but I would certainly not be making this choice. Why? Because without knowing more than this post, I dont believe the kid has the ability to succeed on her own. She cant handle living at home for free. She cant handle adulting on her own at college. What makes you think she can survive in a big, expensive city? Alone. With no job. With no references. With no degree. With no friends. With no family. To me, this: big city with bussubway and lots of opportunitymeans expensive all around rentfoodutilitiestransportationetc. And this: high cost rent in a very nice safe areameans rather gentrified. In that sort of area, there will be little to no success for a teenager who doesnt have a degree and cant handle being an adult. Where does she think she is going to work? Because a McDonalds or Pizza Hut paycheck, much less half, isnt going to pay that rent. Anywhere else is going to ask if she has a degree or some sort of experience to justify taking her over another candidate. She has no tools to survive in the world aside from your checkbook.I would make sure the kid can handle adulting at home before throwing her at a city with 7 months rent.What does all that have to do with pf? I dont believe youll get a good return on your investment.---Addendum. Did you other kids graduate from college? How long did it take them to get a good job after graduation? In my case, coming from a good state school with a degree in business management and IT, it took me a year to get something that wasnt food service or retail. And what I did get was the Army. 