Dr. Laura has this thing in which she says once the youngest kid is 18, they should be be out. She's also against adult siblings and elderly parents moving in to a husband & wife home or even onto their property in a separate dwelling. She says this is
because the husband and wife need their privacy.
I scratch my head with this one. Almost everything Dr. Laura says makes a lot of sense, especially when you know her reasons. I don't recall hearing her reasons for this.
The grown kids should be out, from what Dr. Laura has said, for their own good. They need to spread their wings and get the hang of flying on their own. Adult siblings, like everyone else, should be able to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and live independently. As far the the elderly parent, I can't help but wonder if this is somehow related to Dr. Laura's own personal experience.
She doesn't say that, though.
She says the husband and wife need their privacy.I can understand that
some people want their privacy. They want to live alone with their spouse and nobody else. Fantastic. They should have their privacy.
But she makes it as a blanket statement for everyone.
What if both spouses sincerely WANT the sibling or the parent(s) there?
My guess is that Dr. Laura's position is that, deep down, the unrelated spouse can't possibly want their sibling-in-law or parent-in-law living on the same property.*