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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting how many people are so accepting.  You are not the people I encounter in my life.  When I mentioned to friends that my son had been accepted into vo-tech, without fail, 100% said to me "you're not going to let him go, are you?".  My friend whose son is enlisting in the military right after high school always seems to apologize when she answers the question about her son's post-high school plans.  My son has since grown up to be a car mechanic.  He is currently doing very well in his entry level position.  An added benefit is that I no longer pay for maintenance on my cars.  He just takes care of it.

The Walmart cashier is a hard question.  I think that most of us, whether accepting or not of non-white collar work, really want our children to be able to be independent and, if they choose, to be able to afford to start a family.  That's difficult on a cashier's wages.  However, for some kids, that is the level of their ability.  If that were the case for my kids, I would do everything I could to help them build a successful life in that career, including assisting them with evaluating whether they should stay in the expensive DMV area.  [/quote]

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