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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Since I have no kids I am a world class expert in parenting, and I have a briefcase!

I have no answers or suggestions. I honestly can't imagine that situation of overwhelming laziness. I understood at a young age that it was nice to have money. I mowed yards until I was 16, then got a real job. As soon as I was out of high school I had a full time job, and a side gig making almost as much on the weekends.

Good luck. Hopefully something will motivate her to get off her butt and make something of herself. Seeing other people drive nice cars and go on vacations and live in nice homes was enough motivation for me. Eating good food was a primary motivation to me.

It is good to eat (and have a warm place to stay). That was my motivation when young..as was seeing others that had more, and the possibilities that accompanied education and hard work were certainly alluring. Where I lived, young ladies were just not very interested in the poor/loser class...or boys that seemed poorly inclined to work/learn...and I liked young ladies. Then, as an adult...my wife was stricter and had higher expectations than my parents (as well as a much better rewards system). Given a different situation and my own devices (with the current welfare state), I would have spent my life sleeping until noon and playing basketball all day.