Lodging during college is often a sticking point- dormitories and apartments are viewed as the best choices, but why? Living at home while going to college has several benefits.

1. Free food. Rather than ramen, you have unlimited access to snacks and leftovers.

2. Amenities. While you live in a dorm, if you want something you have to buy it. While living at home, you will have a full kitchen, microwave, television, DVD player, internet connection and phone service.

3. Family and friends. It can be desperately lonely to be away from home, where everyone is a stranger and you can't find anyone to talk to, go out with, or even cuddle.

4.Helping at home. Whether you might like to live alone or not, sometimes they are going to need you at home- when a family emergency struck last spring, the only way we made it through was my ability to help out after classes.

5. Pets. Dorms and cheap apartments rarely allow you to bring your furry friends along, and if you own a large animal, such as a horse, you absolutely cannot keep them with you at school.

6. Work. If you have a job near home, then you can easily get to work on days when you don't have school.

7. Sympathy. Related to friends and family- when your parents see you every day, they are more likely to do you favors and buy you things. My parents regularly buy me books, and do my laundry when I don't have time.

8. Emergencies. Food poisoning, the flu, a broken leg, an awful breakup- all of these can lay you low for days or even weeks. By living at home, you are virtually guaranteed someone to drive you to the doctor, heat you up a bowl of soup, and get you fresh tissues.

9. Privacy. In most homes, you have your own room, and sometimes your own bathroom. Even if you do share, at least you know who you are sharing with. An unending parade of roommates have spawned a thousand horror stories from my dorm- and apartment-dwelling friends.

10. Cost. Your family is going to have to pay the rent or mortgage on their home, no matter what. Adding another rent to the budget can seriously strain the finances of everyone involved.

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