ESL; Senior high school students: old enough to live on their own?

Moving out on your own for high school at the age of 16 can be a thrilling experience. After the initial parental help of moving some furniture your life is truly in your own hands, you have the freedom of choice to do everything you want to. No more ludicrous restrictions and home coming times or irrational schedules! Is this liberty suitable for everyone then, especially at that age? The coin has its flipside; your mom …

…yourself and your place in our hectic world, brush up your social skills with new people while learning how the things roll around. Overall, it's a great advantage for some when they start their high school studies while not living at home: All the gathered skills and knowledge are irreplaceable. However this arrangement does not suit for everybody, the others need more time to mature and it's not always good if they are forced to.