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[quote=Anonymous]15 and 17 year olds at home.

We work on interpersonal skills—being able to talk to adults and advocate for themselves, be courteous.

We work on being resilient in the face of challenges and not quitting when the going gets tough.

We work on adulting skills like laundry, basic cooking, making appointments.

We encourage part time jobs so they can learn how to budget their money.

We work with them on making lists and managing their time and we also allow them to make mistakes and fail here and there.

I feel like this will be enough to help them in their future life as an adult as much if not more that pushing them towards a particular career. It’s like prepping your kid for Kindergarten — instead of stressing about teaching them to read before they get there, teach them how to be independent in the bathroom, put on and take off their own shoes/clothes, open their lunch containers, sit and pay attention, follow instructions from the people in charge of them.

Give them the foundation to succeed without pushing them to be moving towards a particular profession before they need to be. [/quote]

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