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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, it sounds like maybe your daughter is having some anxiety about college now that it's almost a reality. Totally normal for some kids to go through this, and this might well be influencing her decision to be a nanny instead. If she's wanted college all along before this can she accept one of her college admission offers on the condition of a gap year? She may think she won't want to go to college, but she could easily change her mind once she's nannied for several months. ALso, if she sees so many of her friends from HS off to college this could influence her too. I'd buy some time and try to hedge my bets.[/quote]

+1  Definitely sounds like anxiety.

I think many kids can benefit from a gap year to get perspective.  And, some experience in a dead-end job can also be valuable.  It was for both my dad and DH...Dad grew up on a farm in an area where very few went to college.  He expected to stay in town and work but a couple stretches working in the local canning factory gave him the motivation to join the army so he could get out of town and learn something new.  Ended up training in electronics, eventually went to college and ended up in sr. management.  DH comes from working class family where college is not expected so he was on the vocational track in HS.  Ended up work at  TV repair shop but that got him interested in  how things were built and so he applied to college, majored in engineering and has had a successful career in IT.  Neither are particularly academically inclined (yes, in a lot of ways I married my dad  :) ) so it's likely if someone had made them go to college straight from high-school they'd have dropped out and decided college was not for them rather than getting to a point where they could see it as something that could help them toward their own goals.[/quote]

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