Its perhaps human nature for the / some young to expect it to continue as it always did...free.
My son is back home, only get minimal benefits but we still charge him £100 per month...which tbf is a chunk out of those benefits but waddayado ? He's an adult now.
That includes food, hot water, whatever he always needed as a kid.
He is negotiating it down, he want to buy his own food, tbf it is difficult getting / knowing what he eats / wants so we are kinda in agreement, probably charge him a nominal £40 a month, no food. The reality is, he will still eat some of ours, I know that but again, waddayado ?
For the record, he is long term / almost permanently not able to work, stress, anxiety, depression and heart irregularities...add into the mix, he never ever did make good choices. He's a good kid (now adult) but let's call his lifestyle...alternative, nonconformist.
We make allowances happily, sometimes grudgingly, but hes no different than a kid with mental health issues, you wouldn't turn your back on that so why would you who can't process the world and make decisions most others would, its just his chemical mix as I call it.
Lots of info there, for a reason. Some would say he's an adult, why make exception, why should he cause you expense, live for virtually nothing....because he isn't like 'normal' people..he doesn't / cannot process life as we do mentally. Its a Curse for him...and for us but we love and support him.
