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Sometimes I think we are going to need a bigger couch...what's new with you?
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 521696"><p>PG-{{{pays the seat beside me and pours a cuppa joe,,,}</p><p></p><p>College isn't for everyone. Does your easy child have anything he loves? Like a hobby or a sport? Encourage that. Let him taste success elsewhere if school isnt his thing!</p><p></p><p>I work in the retail industry. It can be a great fit for people with add. My 65 yo Uncle who likely has ADD (long before it was dxd) he went into retail as a young man & now owns a chain of über successful variety stores. Both of his adult sons manage the business as partners. One was a straight A college student who graduated & started at IBM. The other son had an Learning Disability (LD) (sensory, I think)plus anxiety, was not a college student and yet both are equal assets to the business. You would never guess they have totally different backgrounds. My family is also in the retail business. My nephew -an aspie-is a great asset to us! One of our rising stars. I suspect many of the kids we hired right out of Hs had LDs and many of them excelled in retail & outgrew us. Quite a few went to school as adults-and got degrees or certificates in related fields. I think the ever changing tasks associated w retail are a good fit for less "studious" kids. </p><p></p><p>Sorry to hear your difficult child is still maintaining the status quo. I feel your frustration. It's so hard when they don't have any desire to change. My difficult child too. </p><p></p><p>Nice to see u on the boards!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 521696"] PG-{{{pays the seat beside me and pours a cuppa joe,,,} College isn't for everyone. Does your easy child have anything he loves? Like a hobby or a sport? Encourage that. Let him taste success elsewhere if school isnt his thing! I work in the retail industry. It can be a great fit for people with add. My 65 yo Uncle who likely has ADD (long before it was dxd) he went into retail as a young man & now owns a chain of über successful variety stores. Both of his adult sons manage the business as partners. One was a straight A college student who graduated & started at IBM. The other son had an Learning Disability (LD) (sensory, I think)plus anxiety, was not a college student and yet both are equal assets to the business. You would never guess they have totally different backgrounds. My family is also in the retail business. My nephew -an aspie-is a great asset to us! One of our rising stars. I suspect many of the kids we hired right out of Hs had LDs and many of them excelled in retail & outgrew us. Quite a few went to school as adults-and got degrees or certificates in related fields. I think the ever changing tasks associated w retail are a good fit for less "studious" kids. Sorry to hear your difficult child is still maintaining the status quo. I feel your frustration. It's so hard when they don't have any desire to change. My difficult child too. Nice to see u on the boards! [/QUOTE]
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