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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assume this kid is 2021 HS grad.    As in, the students who had much of their HS career affected by Covid.  I have a '21 grad as well who started college last year.   3 of her friend group of 6 took some kind of leave last year for mental health issues that were severe enough to require removal from campus until they were stable with a treatment plan in place.  One of them did not return for Spring semester.    These kids have been through a lot.   Kudos to your kid for making it through the year.  Maybe it is catching up with him now and the restaurant work is giving him something he was missing from those pandemic years.

Time for you to let him make his own choices and live his life.   I am team DH--good for him for figuring all this out on his own before telling you--that is being an adult!

It is hard when they don't do what we think they should be doing, but they get to make their own mistakes and figure out what works for them.   [/quote]

I agree.  Kudos to her DS for putting a plan in place, likely for his own mental health.  These kids have been trhu alot.  For me, my kid's mental health tops anything and it's one of my first concerns.  Her DS sounds like he's managing his mental health fairly well and knows what he needs.  what he doesn't need is a parent who thinks he's a looser because he wants a year off---a year off to work majority of the time and travel some, a year off that he actually planned and managed to negotiate with his school to get off.  Force him back this fall and there might be some really unfortunate events that follow, some that you can't undo. 
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