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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 553572" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I started college at 17 and it was not because I was bright...just born in the right month. Even though I lived at home going to the University was a huge adjustment. I was always very friendly and "self assured" but visiting friends in the dorm was fun but too chaotic for me. husband and I sent three of ours to State Universities, one graduated from the local community college and then moved to State for the last two years and the remaining two attended classes at c.c. and neither wanted additional education. </p><p></p><p>Truthfully I think I missed a couple of innings in your saga. Aren't you legally responsible until he is 18? I sure hope so becaue the chances of E healthily living on his own prior to that age are slim to none. Even kids who have had ideal lives are almost never mature enough to do what he wants to do. Put on another "thinking cap" and find some enticing compromises to bring to the table. Use of car for school and job? A night class tossed into the mix? CLEPS? Online classes to accelerate progress. If he can mix with kids and adults who are gainfully occupied, learn that although you are not perfect...practically no adult or kid is maybe he'll begin a chill a bit. I am sure he does not want to end up in trouble again but as they used to say "idle minds are the Devil's workshop" and "idle hands are lol something or other". Yes, I remember that he is very bright. Yes, I had a couple of kids who aced the SAT's and clepped the full freshman year but <strong>every single one of them</strong> tried pot, drank booze and had sex their first year away. That environment triggers experimentation and difficult children have to learn boundaries before making big choices.</p><p>I'm rooting for you both. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 553572, member: 35"] I started college at 17 and it was not because I was bright...just born in the right month. Even though I lived at home going to the University was a huge adjustment. I was always very friendly and "self assured" but visiting friends in the dorm was fun but too chaotic for me. husband and I sent three of ours to State Universities, one graduated from the local community college and then moved to State for the last two years and the remaining two attended classes at c.c. and neither wanted additional education. Truthfully I think I missed a couple of innings in your saga. Aren't you legally responsible until he is 18? I sure hope so becaue the chances of E healthily living on his own prior to that age are slim to none. Even kids who have had ideal lives are almost never mature enough to do what he wants to do. Put on another "thinking cap" and find some enticing compromises to bring to the table. Use of car for school and job? A night class tossed into the mix? CLEPS? Online classes to accelerate progress. If he can mix with kids and adults who are gainfully occupied, learn that although you are not perfect...practically no adult or kid is maybe he'll begin a chill a bit. I am sure he does not want to end up in trouble again but as they used to say "idle minds are the Devil's workshop" and "idle hands are lol something or other". Yes, I remember that he is very bright. Yes, I had a couple of kids who aced the SAT's and clepped the full freshman year but [B]every single one of them[/B] tried pot, drank booze and had sex their first year away. That environment triggers experimentation and difficult children have to learn boundaries before making big choices. I'm rooting for you both. DDD [/QUOTE]
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