[quote=Hobie]
I will add: Let them be kids. No need to rush them into the real world. Each kid rises on their own internal time line.[/quote]
+1
My kids all didn’t do the HS straight to University path. They took some time off because they realized, correctly it turns out, that it was the only time in their life they would be unencumbered and truly free to go out and do anything their heart desired. It worried me as a parent but I couldn’t say anything because I had done the same thing. And for the most part I’m glad I did and glad they did.
There are moments where I wished I had been out of school earlier so my 401K would be bigger, etc, but those floating years allowed me to find myself and determine my true interests. And *that* has paid off handsomely.
Had I continued on with what I thought I wanted to be when I was 18, I’d have a lot less money now, virtually guaranteed.
