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[quote=Anonymous]Does he have service-related mental health issues? I ask because he was clearly motivated to join the military, finish college, and join the Peace Corps, but your impression of him is as someone who might be incapable of self-support in the future.

The full biography here doesn't seem to match up with parental anxiety, particularly because he worked an adult job BEFORE college (the military). He is not "failure to launch," though he does seem to be low income.

Do you have reason to believe he will be unable to succeed in a standard 8-5 workplace? Is that your concern? Is it because of ADHD or mental health issues? If so, that is where you should help him, but grad school actually seems like a smart move to me unless he has zero reasons to go besides he can't think of anything else.

Also, the question you haven't answered is: what kind of program is he looking at? If it is a program entirely unrelated to his past degree or experience, OR is not a professional program (law, business, medicine), that would be a red flag. Otherwise , I don't get the concern over two modest payments you're making for him each month.[/quote]

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