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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think he sounds like a great kid, and you sound like you need some therapy around your own depression and expectations.  I say that with all the love in the world.  You’re thinking such critical, mean thoughts about him, and probably about yourself.  You both deserve support![/quote]

Great? How does such a teen ever earn a living? My cousin was like this in his teens — he’s now an affable 37 year old... college dropout who has never had a real job and lives off his parents.[/quote]

I know a ton of kids like this... so what do they do now 30 years later...

Builds houses retired at 50
paints cars make $100k/year
computer programmer, $100K/year
drives a taxi, $70K/year
Project Manager, IT, $140K/year
fixes cars, $80K/year
Works for a window replacement company, $80K/year
make/hangs signs (like signs by tomorrow), $80K/year
teacher, $90K/year
landscaping/removes trees, has 3 crews, $150K/year
builds furniture, $100K/year
replaces floors and cabinets in apartments $500K/year

I could go on forever, you need to get out of your bubble.

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I appreciate your point, but it's unrealistic to think that most average kids will make so much above the average median income. The solution to OP's dilemma is not to assume that somehow her kid will magically end up making a ton of money. Of course that happens, but it shouldn't be the expected trajectory.  And that's ok.[/quote]

It is not unrealistic that OP's kids will make average or above average salary. He is a teen and he likes video game and sports. That is actually normal and OP sounds horrible . It's not magic, he isn't doing anything wrong. He is on the right path, it's just not the path OP imagined. [/quote]

Average is much closer to 50k than the 100k plus examples[/quote]

And so what. A couple with $100k total hhi can have a great life in most of the country. [/quote]

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