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<blockquote data-quote="bluebell" data-source="post: 708110" data-attributes="member: 16761"><p>Yes Copa! I was not self sufficient as early as you, but I did graduate hs a year early, kept a full scholarship, graduated at the top of my class and moved out of my parent's house (that I helped cook and clean like I owned the place while in college). At 22 I had a corporate job with benefits, a car loan and a mortgage. I know it is not the speed of my maturity that matters, because slow and steady usually wins the race too, but my son is not even out of the starting gate. I had a sense of urgency about this a couple of years ago, when all of his childhood friends were graduating and moving on - it was very difficult for me. Now, a couple of years have passed since that season, and I am much more at peace with the fact that for him, there is no starting gate and most likely never will be. He is destined to struggle thru life, despite his intelligence and other gifts. You have to wake up every day and want it, and you have to be a conformist to some extent. It's hard for me not to rub this in my son's face as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluebell, post: 708110, member: 16761"] Yes Copa! I was not self sufficient as early as you, but I did graduate hs a year early, kept a full scholarship, graduated at the top of my class and moved out of my parent's house (that I helped cook and clean like I owned the place while in college). At 22 I had a corporate job with benefits, a car loan and a mortgage. I know it is not the speed of my maturity that matters, because slow and steady usually wins the race too, but my son is not even out of the starting gate. I had a sense of urgency about this a couple of years ago, when all of his childhood friends were graduating and moving on - it was very difficult for me. Now, a couple of years have passed since that season, and I am much more at peace with the fact that for him, there is no starting gate and most likely never will be. He is destined to struggle thru life, despite his intelligence and other gifts. You have to wake up every day and want it, and you have to be a conformist to some extent. It's hard for me not to rub this in my son's face as well. [/QUOTE]
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