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re: What do you want for your kids after high school?
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:27 am to Thundercles
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:27 am to Thundercles
For them to be able to function independently.
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Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:28 am to Thundercles
To be happy and have strong work ethic at same time. I helped the ones that went to college, but didn't force them in to it. Education, including trade schools, provide options later in life, and I always wanted them to have options.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:31 am to Thundercles
At 18 they can no longer live in our house. If they need to come back and stay if life throws a curveball and they need to regroup, that’s fine, but it will no longer be their home.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 11:35 am to Thundercles
Peace, happiness and self fulfillment. One is living their dream job as a flight nurse and the other is still in HS. For generations my family has worked hard to set the next generation up to live the american dream. If they fail its their OWN fault we set up the opportunities to live a better life than we had. 
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:11 pm to RollTide1987
quote:I love when I read an OP and have the reply I want, and I think I'm so witty and original... and then my thought is the very first reply to the thread.
Something that involves them being out of the house.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:15 pm to Thundercles
For boys, I'd like them to become independent and not be a burden on anyone.
For girls, to find an independent man to marry.
Sorry, I know that is boring because it's been a basic formula that's been around for 10,000 years.
I just don't see a reason to change something that worked well for so long.
For girls, to find an independent man to marry.
Sorry, I know that is boring because it's been a basic formula that's been around for 10,000 years.
I just don't see a reason to change something that worked well for so long.
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:18 pm to Thundercles
Either to have gone in the draft or picked a good Div 1 school to spend the next 3 years in. All that travel ball I put Bryxtynn and Jacksyn thru wasn’t for nothing!
This post was edited on 8/6/23 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:22 pm to pwejr88
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At 18 they can no longer live in our house. If they need to come back and stay if life throws a curveball and they need to regroup, that’s fine, but it will no longer be their home.
lol.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:25 pm to Thundercles
I’ve informed all three of mine that college in LA is not an option. And by the time the youngest has left the nest, we will be most definitely leaving this state in at least what i’d consider a full time basis. I’d like to keep the house here as kind of a homebase but that’s probably financially pending.
That’s my plan anyway.
That’s my plan anyway.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 12:29 pm to t00f
We told our kids they have to become productive members of society after high school. How they choose to do that is up to them and as long as they are making forward momentum to that end they can live with us. Once that forward momentum stops or they become gainfully employed it was time to start looking to move out of the proverbial nest.
They are all now productive members of society with their own homes.
They are all now productive members of society with their own homes.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 1:28 pm to Thundercles
I got girls, so I just want to keep them off that stripper pole.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 1:34 pm to Odysseus32
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Want to live in my house until the age of 40? I'll support it as long as they are paying rent by age 26, or at least picking up household slack/paying for groceries/etc.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 1:37 pm to Thundercles
All three didn't turn out as my wife and I had planned. But all three have morals, jobs and contribute to society in positive ways and they love us and share their lives with us!
Posted on 8/6/23 at 1:50 pm to Odysseus32
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Want to live in my house until the age of 40? I'll support it as long as they are paying rent by age 26, or at least picking up household slack/paying for groceries/etc.
So they can stay in your house until 40 if they just help with the groceries?
Damn that’s pretty generous. And why the cutoff at 26 for them to not pay anything? Can they just lounge around on the couch until 26 then get a job at Walmart and help pay for groceries until 40? At which age you could be dead or too old to kick them out and they send you to the nursing home and take over your house?
Mine will go to college or get a job in the fall after they graduate high school. Not sure the exact timeline I will enforce after that but they can live at home as long as they’re in college if they want and for a reasonable time after they get a real job. They’re sure as shite not living in my house in their late 20’s or 30’s unless there’s some extenuating circumstances
Posted on 8/6/23 at 1:53 pm to Thundercles
Glorify God in all they do. To not be morally bankrupt. Never kill anyone unless they absolutely have to.
To be better than I was. I want them to focus on what drives them, what they're passionate about, and put all they've got into it. Take risk and don't be afraid to fail. I will always have their backs.
To be better than I was. I want them to focus on what drives them, what they're passionate about, and put all they've got into it. Take risk and don't be afraid to fail. I will always have their backs.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 2:01 pm to Thundercles
To not be entitled. To be self-sufficient, but have a solid support system of good friends and family
Posted on 8/6/23 at 2:09 pm to Thundercles
I only have a daughter. Frankly, I want her to live with us while majoring in csci or business at LA Tech or ULM.
Obviously, we’d prefer she not get pregnant until she’s married and not married until after graduation from a university.
More than anything I want her happy, well adjusted and to find a good husband.
Aaaaaaaand if he hurts her, he’ll need hospitalization.
Obviously, we’d prefer she not get pregnant until she’s married and not married until after graduation from a university.
More than anything I want her happy, well adjusted and to find a good husband.
Aaaaaaaand if he hurts her, he’ll need hospitalization.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 2:11 pm to Thundercles
I want for them to move out and visit for family events and “just because”. But they need to be on their own.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 2:17 pm to Antonio Moss
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2) don’t accumulate debt
15 years ago, I would agree
Seeing what has happened fiscally in the world the last 5 years, I have changed my mind.
Invest cash in tangible assets and leverage everything else.
Posted on 8/6/23 at 2:43 pm to Thundercles
First and foremost I want them to be happy.
We are well off enough where we will pay for their college if need be. My preference is engineering because I went that path. My daughter has the brain for it and she likes helping me with my 3D printing stuff. That seed has been planted with here. My son is more obsessed with sports and likes to argue. I have no clue what he would do; he is such a tough little shite he will do what he wants at end of day. Same for my daughter. It is their choice for career.
As for personal stuff, that is so far in future. Just have a work ethic and do not be a drain on society.
We are well off enough where we will pay for their college if need be. My preference is engineering because I went that path. My daughter has the brain for it and she likes helping me with my 3D printing stuff. That seed has been planted with here. My son is more obsessed with sports and likes to argue. I have no clue what he would do; he is such a tough little shite he will do what he wants at end of day. Same for my daughter. It is their choice for career.
As for personal stuff, that is so far in future. Just have a work ethic and do not be a drain on society.
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