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Originally Posted by jviehe
When he is 18 we can address his choices. Right now its about where his parents went wrong, and thats pretty obvious. Children are not responsible for their own life. Now, if when he is 18, he does not work hard and take advantage of the opportunities all around, then that will be where he went wrong.
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I'd be curious as to what opportunities there are for an uneducated 18-year old to take advantage of with siblings still at home depending on his paycheck for subsistence. Higher education is out due to poor grades and there wouldn't be any income for the family with him attending school if he could go. What are those opportunities that are all around him in what sounds like an inner-city circumstance? Where are the opportunities for the single parent who didn't finish high school and how will she/he fill a personal retirement account with nothing left over from basic survival?