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Oldest dd is graduating May 24 from highschool. She's excited and I am well....nervous, scared, and unprepared at this moment. Tell me this all will pass. Anyway, she was going to join the Marines and be an MP, but she is too short. Long story, but she isn't joining the Marines. Then she talked about doing missions for a year, but since she hasn't done anything with that it looks as if that opportunity isn't out there anymore.

 

She wants a break from school for a year and that's ok with us, but now what? She could work full-time and is working now at Pizza Hut, but she doesn't want to work there; so where? If she is going to be at home for a year, what should our expectations be as far as chores and other responsibilities? I guess I am just not prepared for a soon to be 19yr dd living at home and still being their parent.

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Oldest dd is graduating May 24 from highschool. She's excited and I am well....nervous, scared, and unprepared at this moment. Tell me this all will pass. Anyway, she was going to join the Marines and be an MP, but she is too short. Long story, but she isn't joining the Marines. Then she talked about doing missions for a year, but since she hasn't done anything with that it looks as if that opportunity isn't out there anymore.

 

She wants a break from school for a year and that's ok with us, but now what? She could work full-time and is working now at Pizza Hut, but she doesn't want to work there; so where? If she is going to be at home for a year, what should our expectations be as far as chores and other responsibilities? I guess I am just not prepared for a soon to be 19yr dd living at home and still being their parent.

 

She does a most of the laundry and she makes a few meals throughout the week. She cleans a couple of rooms each week, too--usually keeping the kitchen in working order. This summer she has volunteered to plant and care for the garden as well as help with the freezing and canning, but she is looking for a full-time job, so I'm not sure, in all reality, what she will have time to do--and I sure do hope she finds that job!!!! She needs to pay for college come September.

 

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I think that's how it's spelled. It the american version of the peace corp. She would do her service somewhere here in the US. The son of a friend of mine did it and loved it. He trained somewhere in California and then served a year helping with Katrina survivors. Everything is paid for except the ticket to the training. If I'm remembering right. It would be a great way to do some kind of mission work without the expense and trouble. She could get a lot of experience and grow up some while she's deciding what to do next.

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My main concern would be medical insurance. Our medical insurance covers children 19 and over only if they're full-time college students at an accredited institution, or if they're permanently disabled.

 

Sorry I don't have any specifics about what to expect of your dd! It depends so much on the capabilities and maturity of the specific child. Both of my older kids are still at home, but they're both in college. Because they're so different and in different situations, we have differing expectations of them. And when Child #3 gets to be that age, I anticipate that our expectations of him will be different from those we have of his older siblings.

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