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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't being fired, not being able to put this experience on their resume, not getting the income, enough? I would discuss it as a learning experience, and be happy it was fired from an internship and not fired from a first job. Tell kid to buckle down and get a job for the rest of the summer.[/quote] No, it isn't enough. Firing, along with mediocre grades, means there are larger problems. OP needs to sit the kid down and have a "Come to Jesus" moment. Lay out the terms for your continued financial support in a contract. Access to his grades online, a meeting with OP at the end of the first quarter, a certain realistic GPA, etc. This semester would be "on probation" in our family. And perhaps requiring that he gets a paying job during the semester, so that he gets a taste of what supporting himself without a college degree would look like.[/quote]
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