I’ve been in and out of sleep today because of my man flu...............I’ve just woken up to SWMBO chucking up now. Oh joy!
I think this is more common now ,cars are not as interesting to a lot of youth ? I was borrowing my dad,s renault 25 from about age 14 when he went out for dinner with my mam I couldn't wait to ride bikes and drive cars !
Agree. Been riding on the road since 12 and used to steer my grandads car when I was a toddler. Luckily, driving and riding has always come easy to me. Alas my lad hasn’t inherited that trait. He’s only wanting to pass so, if asked for a job, he can say he has a licence!
He’s desperate to get his break into research. Distinction masters degree and can’t even get interviews.
Same here...I took my dad's two week old Passat Estate for a raz around the country lanes and put it on it's roof...had to go and knock on a farmers door to borrow their phone...I was in my school uniform. No the best call to have to make. My 17yo lad is learning now - he's been riding a scooter since doing his CBT on his 16th b'day.
I'd like to think thats a rare story but I put my dads car on its side in a ditch !! The day before I was buying my first legal motorcycle age 16 id say a few on here have had similar experiences
Its terrible now for the kids the amount of education needed is unbelievable ! If you had @bradders sons qualifications when I was young you were a genius with a choice of jobs !
Heard this so many times, some parents go the real extra mile to fund their kids further education for what ? Nothing for them, better leave school get work of some kind, anything just to get them used to the real value of money instead of living off the bank of Mum & Dad for years, nothing wrong in leaving it for few years they then will have matured a bit and a little more focused on what they really want out of life.
We are helicopter parents. And these are two things I just can’t fix. Breaks my heart tbh. he is working btw, data analyst for an insurer. But we’ve always drummed in to him we get one life; do what you enjoy, not what you have to. Me and his mum have always been in the have-to camp, and don’t want him to be. Even if he earns very little money.
I agree, but also if I could I would pay for my kids university education, as it is they will have to fund it themselves. My daughter starts uni next year and is very focused on what she wants to do (Chemistry) also she really enjoys it. Just seems a shame that having taken that path it’s hard to find the right job at the end ( regardless of pay).
That's why i said what i said, surely as parents you do the steering bit for your kids, not for them to live out their wants all the time.
True. My eldest, and only daughter, dropped out of uni after a few months...she said it's a waste of time...she realised she didn't want a career in law and thought why carry on to get a degree in something she didn't want to pursue and have a big debt to pay off. She got a job with a media company and is earning decent money for a 22yo. My 17yo is doing an apprenticeship in auto mechanics and works 4 days at a VW Audi specialists. He's paid for his first car and the insurance. My youngest (15yo) is also looking at doing an apprenticeship. My eldest son, 21, has severe autism and learning difficulties...he's non-verbal and will always need looking after. I feel that my other kids have realised that life's short and you have to get on with it...it's not a game and things don't always turn out as you'd hoped. Enjoy it as much as you can, when you can. They have older cousins who got degrees a few years back and have ended up working in a DHS call centre, with big debts. They could've got the same jobs straight out of school.
Today, we went to the beach and chilled. Drank Bud, listen to Lynyrd skynyrd and just laid in the sun. Came back to the apartment, made steak and chicken with salad, drank red wine (19 Crimes) and watched some Netflix. Tomorrow is the Dali museum in St. Petersburg, then may be the zoo and aquarium? Tuesday we drive across country to Fort Pierce.
