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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would ask my kid to work, and also plan and go for x number of foreign vacations a year. [b] He would need to let his employer know beforehand that he would not be available on certain dates, and work around those. [/b]

Or, he goes to travel for a month before he joins for work. I agree that this is not the time (because of tech layoffs) to take a gap year.

Would I give him the money? Well, I gave some money to both my kids to start a brokerage account as a going to college gift (20K each, and a new car). My kids also stayed with us for 2 years after graduating and had to put in every single cent towards saving and retirement.  So, I am not the right person to give advice.

Give the money, if you want to give and your finances can afford it. Don't give the money if you will have resentment.

I gave money to my kids with a lot of strings attached. You give money to responsible kids and they have to continue to demonstrate that they are making good decisions and they can reason and debate their choices.  No one is entitled to my money, and it will always be given with conditions. Take it or leave it. [/quote]

No employer is going to accept the bolded from a 22 year old.[/quote]

My kid’s campus job (relevant to their future career) was when they took a semester off from school as an upperclassman. Kid was 21 at the time. They smoothly returned back to job after that semester.

That said I am guessing Lockheed or Apple would react differently! [/quote]

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