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[quote=Anonymous]I respect you for not pushing college on your uninterested child. I think you have a couple of options here:

1) Let him get the certifications, etc. and have him try getting a job. At the same time, set expectations for him (e.g., if he is living at home, he must pay transportation expenses, be working full or at least a significant amount of the time, chip in to rent and food, whatever you think is reasonable). If he’s unable to find a job in IT, he will need to get another sort of job to ‘pay the bills’ and meet expectations, even if that job is a minimum wage fast food or retail job. If those are the only jobs he can get, he may be less interested in IT.

2) have him get involved with a trade school. Electrician, HVAC, maybe even some sort of more technical medical certification like ultrasound tech?

FWIW: my husband (who is fine now) barely made it through college and had several peers who didn’t go or dropped out. Most of them ended up getting their degrees a few years later when they realized that the jobs available to them were not appealing. They did well in college then as they’d matured and had a new perspective. Not saying college is a must, but he may change is tune in the future.

Good luck to your son! [/quote]

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