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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have lived in McLean for 25 years and honestly can't get over  how many kids in this generation "fail to launch," usually boys for whatever reason.  Maybe it is the "DS would never do anything wrong" and the "DS couldn't possibly have done that," and the "DS _______ (fill in the blank with an excuse of some sort) catching up with them when they try to enter the adult real world? [/quote]

Right, and there are *never* any girls who “would never do anything wrong” or  “couldn’t possibly have done that.”  Give us all a break.  Plenty of girls have these issues too.  Your daughter is probably not the perfect angel you insist she is.   :roll: [/quote]

A stupid comment indeed.

FWIW, I graduated from Wakefield in 1986, came from Vietnam as refugee in 1983 and spent the first two years in ESL classes.  I attended NVCC and then GMU, graduated with a BS in Computer Science in 1990 and MS in Computer Science in 1992.  The economy was not great in 1992 so I wished I could have moved back home with parents.  I eventually found a programming job and did well enough to buy a house in the Langley district.  All of my Vietnamese friends that graduated from Wakefield are now living either Mclean or Vienna and are also doing well.   Their kids, including mine, attended UVa, VTech or GMU and they all moved back home after graduation to save money.  They all have good >90K jobs but they will stay home with mom/dad for a few years to put down payment on a house.  That's how you build wealth.

Are there any Asians with no job prospects and move home after college?  Heck yes, but those you can count on one hand.  The vast majority of them, male and female, have high paying jobs but they will move back home to save money for bigger things in the future.  [/quote]

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I applaud your work ethic and that of your kids.  Our (non-Asian) family believes in building wealth this way too - by having our college graduates live at home for a while after graduation to save money.  It makes so much more sense if you can send your kid out into the world with enough money for down payments on their own homes.  I did it, and I hope our kids do as well.  [/quote]

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