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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 702005" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am leery of graduating so very early. While I do not have any great love of high schools in general, early grad has many problems. My brother graduated one month and a few days after his sixteenth birthday. The next two years were super hard for my parents. And super expensive. They had to force him into college classes so that it would curb the amount of time he had to get into trouble - he was getting into quite a bit of it, but was always difficult. He was very far from socially ready to be out of high school, even at our local high school where options for other things like concurrent enrollment at the university were easy to do. </p><p></p><p>If your daughter graduates early, YOU are financially liable for everything she does. Emancipation is VERY hard to get in most states. I have seen studies that urge against it because often the minor ends up on social services. In some areas, even that safety net isn't available. I know here our local agencies generally refuse services and send the minor home to the parents unless the parents are unfit rather than providing food stamps, welfare, whatever. WIC is the only one who doesn't pitch a hissy fit.</p><p></p><p>She has to have enough income to actually support herself reasonably - apartment, food, utilities, car, insurance, gas, and everything else or emancipation isn't likely. I would be loathe to let her wander off for a year to volunteer in some other state just because she is out of high school. Not only is that dangerous for her, but also for you. She could be talked into a lot of things and you would pay the price financially as well as emotionally. </p><p></p><p>Why can she not volunteer in your area and work full time? The opportunities might not seem as exotic, but EVERY area needs volunteers. If she is out of school and not going to college, which is okay, she needs some kind of training to prepare herself to support herself and she needs to work to support herself at least partially. I would likely tell her that if she graduates early, she spends a year at home in a vocational program or taking college classes, she works for cash, and she can volunteer at home. She also needs some financial preparation classes to show her how expensive the world really is, even if that is just doing the bills with you and seeing what goes in and out in your home, and what it all really costs. Just my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 702005, member: 1233"] I am leery of graduating so very early. While I do not have any great love of high schools in general, early grad has many problems. My brother graduated one month and a few days after his sixteenth birthday. The next two years were super hard for my parents. And super expensive. They had to force him into college classes so that it would curb the amount of time he had to get into trouble - he was getting into quite a bit of it, but was always difficult. He was very far from socially ready to be out of high school, even at our local high school where options for other things like concurrent enrollment at the university were easy to do. If your daughter graduates early, YOU are financially liable for everything she does. Emancipation is VERY hard to get in most states. I have seen studies that urge against it because often the minor ends up on social services. In some areas, even that safety net isn't available. I know here our local agencies generally refuse services and send the minor home to the parents unless the parents are unfit rather than providing food stamps, welfare, whatever. WIC is the only one who doesn't pitch a hissy fit. She has to have enough income to actually support herself reasonably - apartment, food, utilities, car, insurance, gas, and everything else or emancipation isn't likely. I would be loathe to let her wander off for a year to volunteer in some other state just because she is out of high school. Not only is that dangerous for her, but also for you. She could be talked into a lot of things and you would pay the price financially as well as emotionally. Why can she not volunteer in your area and work full time? The opportunities might not seem as exotic, but EVERY area needs volunteers. If she is out of school and not going to college, which is okay, she needs some kind of training to prepare herself to support herself and she needs to work to support herself at least partially. I would likely tell her that if she graduates early, she spends a year at home in a vocational program or taking college classes, she works for cash, and she can volunteer at home. She also needs some financial preparation classes to show her how expensive the world really is, even if that is just doing the bills with you and seeing what goes in and out in your home, and what it all really costs. Just my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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