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re: Starting LSU Tips
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:17 am to terriblegreen
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:17 am to terriblegreen
I don't get why everyone is giving the OP flak for having his kid live at home. Unless the parents are overbearing, why spend the money to live away from home during college? If he's going to into a meaningful major he's going to need time to spend on his studies. I graduated in ME and all of my buddies who lived on their own/ with roommates had mommy and daddy paying for it (if the OP can do it then more power to him). It was rare to know someone in our classes that payed for rent on his/her own, truly living on their own dime and getting through engineering with decent grades..it can be done, but by very select few.
Of course when I lived at home my parents were pretty cool about it, never got on to me as to why I would get home at wee hours in the morning. I still had to work to pay for car note/insurance/gas/food and anything else I wanted, I couldn't imagine tacking on rent and still staying on the ball with school.
Of course when I lived at home my parents were pretty cool about it, never got on to me as to why I would get home at wee hours in the morning. I still had to work to pay for car note/insurance/gas/food and anything else I wanted, I couldn't imagine tacking on rent and still staying on the ball with school.
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Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:32 am to Mister Mayhem
I don't get why everyone is giving the OP flak for having his kid live at home. Unless the parents are overbearing, why spend the money to live away from home during college?[/quote]
It's all about learning to do things on your own without being forced to by one's parents. Everyone who didn't live at home, but graduated college has a similar story to this one. There always comes a time in one's collegiate career when they become lax about going to class. Their priorities get out of line with regards to their studies and they pay the consequences with their grades and pocket books. If one is forced to go, they don't learn this lesson. Failure (or at least getting close to it) due to one's own actions (or inaction) causes kids to grow up. They inevitably get faced with "make or break" decisions. It forces them to realize that they don't go to class because they are forced to, they go with an objective in mind. This mindset change is critical for teaching students the lessons they need to learn in college. The lesson is that we don't go to school, or work, or study or pay bills, ect because we are forced, we do so to accomplish an end, we have to want it.
Forcing a child to live at home denies them that opportunity to learn to "want it" for themselves by simply forcing them to comply.
It's like the difference between a pothead swearing off drugs because their job tests for it compared to them realizing it's not a healthy habit. The former will resent his job and constantly look for ways to skirt the requirements. The latter accepts his decision and doesn't fight it, but instead "buys in".
It's all about learning to do things on your own without being forced to by one's parents. Everyone who didn't live at home, but graduated college has a similar story to this one. There always comes a time in one's collegiate career when they become lax about going to class. Their priorities get out of line with regards to their studies and they pay the consequences with their grades and pocket books. If one is forced to go, they don't learn this lesson. Failure (or at least getting close to it) due to one's own actions (or inaction) causes kids to grow up. They inevitably get faced with "make or break" decisions. It forces them to realize that they don't go to class because they are forced to, they go with an objective in mind. This mindset change is critical for teaching students the lessons they need to learn in college. The lesson is that we don't go to school, or work, or study or pay bills, ect because we are forced, we do so to accomplish an end, we have to want it.
Forcing a child to live at home denies them that opportunity to learn to "want it" for themselves by simply forcing them to comply.
It's like the difference between a pothead swearing off drugs because their job tests for it compared to them realizing it's not a healthy habit. The former will resent his job and constantly look for ways to skirt the requirements. The latter accepts his decision and doesn't fight it, but instead "buys in".
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