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[quote=Anonymous]As the parent of two young adults/recent grads, I have been a bit surprised at the amount of guidance they have sought from DH and me re: career coaching/strategies.  We were extremely hands off in HS/College (I never once looked up grades or got involved on any level etc).  But the career thing has def been where they both actively sought advice and guidance from DH and me and as a result both are set up to exceed DH and I financially very quickly if they choose to (Son is a new Big Law associate and daughter works in a lucrative sales-oriented job).     We def. coached them along the way with their summer job/internship, grad school and professional choices, how to handle office politics, negative/toxic energy from co-workers etc. and I think some of our advice really helped them figure out the nuances of office culture.  Not sure what I'm saying here except I'm not worried about my own - they can be upwardly mobile if they want to be but it takes way more than a degree to get there.   People skills matter so much in real life.[/quote]

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