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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for this, and any other practical tips.

He just graduated last weekend. Arrived home yesterday. Already has plans to play basketball and golf with high school friends and a party this weekend. Making plans to get together with an out of town GF. This is what cannot continue. It's too much of the "just another summer" mindset.

He had a third interview for what sounds like a terrific opportunity on Monday, but is not feeling hopeful about the outcome.

We had these ideas:

Put him in charge of dinner for the family one night a week.
Expected to be up and out of bed (bed made) by 8:00 each weekday, working on job search. 
If no real job offer by June 1 (mid June?), he finds an hourly job in retail, etc, working a minimum of 30 hours a week, to include weekends.

Other thoughts? [/quote]

You are being a little nuts here. It is ok for him to be social especially for the first few weeks he is home. It is normal.

Family dinner - OK.
Up at 8 AM - This is terrible. No, just no. He is an adult.
Deadline for a job offer - No.

He needs more autonomy and room to figure things out and mess up when it comes to job/career/etc. I would focus more on expectations for living together for the time being- picking up after himself, laundry, cooking, etc. You can't control his job search.[/quote]

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