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[quote=Anonymous]I think you have to figure out where she sees herself. Where you go from here depends on that answer.

Most of us think/thought our kids would go to college and had to readjust. For us, oldest decided on trade school, living at home. Middle kid developed mental health issues (during first semester of 11th grade, which per his doctors is a really common time for onset). Third will go but is now considering going local and living at home.

FWIW, we required our kids to get jobs while not in school and we discontinued paying for their lifestyle. They can live at home and eat what we buy. And the rest is on them - cars, insurance, gas, food beyond what we buy, clothes, activities, Ubers . . .  The middle one, who is a part time student, also has to pay his own way.

As for making them leave, we see no reason right now. But when the middle one had a mental health crisis that made him a danger to us, we did have to go down that road. What we learned is this. If they won’t go voluntarily you have to evict them, which takes going to court and about a five month wait. During that period, we had to get a protective order.

Last thing I’ll say is this. I think figuring out your future is tough for high school kids and trying on different ideas is pretty healthy. It’s a really fluid time and you have to go with the flow. Don’t get ahead of yourself. And eleventh grade is a really tough year.

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