Son and paying rent when goes to boot camp?

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My son is thinking about going to the National Guard and his boot camp is 4 mths long and he is asking if he still needs to pay rent when he goes ? He now pays $ 200.00 a month just for rent I pay all util.etc. He has 2 cars in my garage and his room of course is all full of his stuff and the garage has a lot of his stuff as well and the crawl space as well, so he will leave a lot of stuff behind . So as a parent what do I do ? And what should I still charge him ? He is 21 and if he was in a apt. they would still charge him full rent cause he is still there in a sense.
If you are over 18 your an adult and have to learn responsibilites in life. He is NOT paying for any food or utilities that are here for him. I think maybe 1/2 is ok.
 
But you are not a landlord you are his family and it seems unfair to make him pay full whack whjen he wont be there.
What about asking him for a nominal anount for keeping his cars and stuff at your house - say $50 dollars per month - if you dont want to let him keep the stuff there fo nothing.
 
I think you shouldn't charge anything. I'm 20 and still live at home. Free everything but I help out a lot around here. I want to start looking for a job and my mom just says I don't need a job. (I'm not the typical poor college student you hear stories about) But at an apartment they would keep charging him rent. But as a parent...why would you do that in the first place?
 
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