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Originally Posted by gacook
My kids know--and have always known (gotta start teaching them young)--that at 18, they have 3 options:
1. Go to college locally; you're free to stay in the family home rent-free (as long as you're actually progressing in school; not making college your career).
2. Go away to college (or military), and you're on your own--a young bird flying free for the first time. You're always welcome to come back and visit (and even crash once you're done with school and/or military), but for long-term see rule #3.
3. Not going to school? Get a job and pay me rent.
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My son heard this litany a few times (rather heated on my end) in his jr and sr years at HS. When he was thinking that playing computer games was more important than doing his homework, I reminded him of our math lessons on what a barista at Starbucks makes per hour compared to cost of living in Santa Monica.
Now that he's going to college to make games...so games will be his homework...well, I got nothing.
