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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think my kid would have benefited from a gap year. He refused to consider it, so we'll just have to see how it goes. Academically precocious, but immature socioemotionally. A year of good old fashioned work would have helped him mature, I think.[/quote] New poster. I feel the same way and have the same type kid. It’s hard for kids who are academically advanced, yet immature to see the value in taking time to work on life skills. But my kid should have taken the time to work or travel. And to the other posters who say parents failed to teach life skills, we have tried that. For years, we worked on executive function, organization, street smarts, budgeting, etc. It doesn’t help. My kid is unwilling or incapable of learning these things. For this kid, academics is much easier than keeping money in a bank account, learning these things shuttle schedule, ordering books, etc. [/quote]
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