KT

>
>
>What's so magic about
>age 19 that a kid automatically has to be grown up and out into the working
>world by then?
>

Nothing. But both of mine started working at 14.

They wanted money.

Tuck

KT

>
>
>I think chucking a kid out of the house at a certain age to make it on
>their own is something like throwing a kid in the water so he'll learn to swim.
>

Well, no one ever said that.

Both of my boys still live at home, and they're always welcome here, as
long as they're working or looking for a job or in college. Not that
there's not an exception to every rule.

Tuck

Tia Leschke

>
> >What's so magic about
> >age 19 that a kid automatically has to be grown up and out into the working
> >world by then?
> >
>
>Nothing. But both of mine started working at 14.
>
>They wanted money.

Same with my youngest, only he started at 12. But then he has the
advantage of always having been unschooled. Our other kids spent all those
school years following orders and never figuring out what they wanted to
do. I think this is the same for the boy in question.

And I still don't think there's any magic age for a child to be ready to
function as an adult.
Tia

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tia Leschke
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On Vancouver Island