I believe the best situation to grow as a healthy human being is to gain independence from family. I believe this for three main reasons: Independence helps you to survive by your own means, helps you to find what you really want for your life, helps to give you an abroad perspective about reality.  Independence is an ideal situation for personal growth. When you are living by yourself, life shows its real color. You are in front of what life is, and sometimes you know that the only person that is for you, it is only yourself. At first, is really cool sleeping in your own apartment or living by your own rules, but when time passes, you will see that you need to be more strict with yourself, so you can become the person that you want to be. This is a permanent struggle shaping your character, your confidence, and the way how you see yourself. Sometimes you can feel really disappointed with you, but also you will learn a valuable lesson that won't be possible to gain if you are under your parents' supervision.  Independence can give you the freedom to chose what you want to do with life. When we are living with our parents we are more tended to listen to their opinions putting their expectations first than our own dreams and ideals. When you live by yourself, this changed completely, because you start a really beautiful process which is to start listening to your own inner voice, your instinct, and your heart. It is possible that you get lost and you feel sad about some bad decisions taken. However, this is really positive because you will start knowing you better, and will understand what you really want in life.  Independence also brings you an open mind about many situations. When you live in your parents' house, it is like if you were living in a nest. You know exactly how it works, but your vision cannot go further. There are some limitations that obstruct your perspective. When you are by yourself, the whole world is for you. It is like opening your winds and start flying. You will see an abroad perspective of everything, and you will gain experience. Later in life, you may come back to your parent's house and will notice that many things have changed on you. You have gained wisdom, as a consequence, you have lived.