Anonymous wrote:Every parent gives their kids every advantage they can.

Not mine!

Anonymous wrote:Thank you.

It’s not entirely out of the blue contact. DH is in touch with the guy at least a couple times a year. I gave his daughter some tips a couple years ago when she was interested in my field.

We’ll send a brief text to say we passed on his email to our kid.

Yes this. Completely normal. More people should do this for their kids

Thank you.

It’s not entirely out of the blue contact. DH is in touch with the guy at least a couple times a year. I gave his daughter some tips a couple years ago when she was interested in my field.

We’ll send a brief text to say we passed on his email to our kid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can give your kid your friend's email, but you can't reach out directly.

This is stupid advice.

Reach out to your friend or network with a brief introduction and context of your request. It’s an opportunity to catch up with your friend. Ask if it’s okay to introduce your kid. If agreeable, have your kid follow up.

This.

Every parent gives their kids every advantage they can.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can give your kid your friend's email, but you can't reach out directly.

This is stupid advice.

Reach out to your friend or network with a brief introduction and context of your request. It’s an opportunity to catch up with your friend. Ask if it’s okay to introduce your kid. If agreeable, have your kid follow up.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:You can give your kid your friend's email, but you can't reach out directly.

This is stupid advice.

Reach out to your friend or network with a brief introduction and context of your request. It’s an opportunity to catch up with your friend. Ask if it’s okay to introduce your kid. If agreeable, have your kid follow up.

Do it the same as you would do if it was your neighbor or your brother-in-law.

Totally normal for someone's network to extend through family member's network.

What I am not sure, however, is whether it is weird for your son to sort of cold call your husband's buddy from service out of the blue. Maybe it would be more normal gor husband to reach out and say hey, my son graduated from blah blah, is interested in blah blah, or whatever. Not sure

Totally normal.

Yes, it's fine. Reach out and say, hey would you be willing to chat with my son about your field?

You can give your kid your friend's email, but you can't reach out directly.

Anonymous wrote:No your kid is an adult they do it not you.

The kid finds the email of a random contractor and asks if they know of any opportunities rather than the parent providing the kid the email of a contractor they know?

No your kid is an adult they do it not you.

We’re talking here’s the email of Dad’s buddy from basic training who is a small contractor and might know some opportunities.