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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

If he was a good, hard working kid he could hold down a job in the restaurant industry, and even if he lost it he would have a new job in a few days.

Honestly, sounds like he is a lazy, unmotivated adult man who needs to leave his mommy's teet behind. Sounds like he has been blackballed in his city so wants to continue to mooch off his hardworking father (who is luckily smart enough to push back against it).

OP: it's time to let go. He is 24, has a college degree he clearly has no desire to use, and has also wasted way too much of your cash on said degree. Sounds like if he was my kid he would likely have been on his own at age 18 because of his laziness. You did far more then you should have and now have to deal with the consequences. It's a tough bandaid to pull but you have to before he is in his mid-forties and still mooching off you.

LOL. 1. did you actually read the thread? 2. this may win the "I'm projecting my own issues onto the OP" award for the day.

Anonymous wrote:Being in a new city would open up new job opportunities (career ones) since he would have a whole new set of companies to apply to.

He probably knows more people in the DC area then you think.

I would support him, with the caveat that he apply for professional jobs and do something to boost his resume. If he spends too much more time waiting tables he will never get a professional job. What is his field? Would he consider grad school?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

He's not a kid at 24. He can drink, vote, marry, and serve in the military all by 21. At 24 he needs to shit or get off the pot...read figure out his life.

If he has a degree in Urban Planning and GIS he should have been working and interning to get career experience and/or moving a central point where those degrees are needed.

BTW - a lot of architects struggle. It's not really field where people flourish, so picking it in the first place unless you're very good is a non-starter.

Fun study but big oversupply of architect degrees. Been that way for decades. One needs to network to break into the industry, the jobs are at private partnerships. He needs to pop in to some professors and brainstorm about some job tracks and companies. Has he had any relevant internships or coop programs in that industry.

City planning with more of an engineering tilt? WOrk for local or state government?

NP. Lots of armchair advisors here. News flash: Architecture and urban planning are different fields.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

If he was a good, hard working kid he could hold down a job in the restaurant industry, and even if he lost it he would have a new job in a few days.

Honestly, sounds like he is a lazy, unmotivated adult man who needs to leave his mommy's teet behind. Sounds like he has been blackballed in his city so wants to continue to mooch off his hardworking father (who is luckily smart enough to push back against it).

OP: it's time to let go. He is 24, has a college degree he clearly has no desire to use, and has also wasted way too much of your cash on said degree. Sounds like if he was my kid he would likely have been on his own at age 18 because of his laziness. You did far more then you should have and now have to deal with the consequences. It's a tough bandaid to pull but you have to before he is in his mid-forties and still mooching off you.

LOL. 1. did you actually read the thread? 2. this may win the "I'm projecting my own issues onto the OP" award for the day.

EXACTLY! I was wondering/thinking the same thing! The kid, and yes at 24 he is still a kid, sounds like a great guy and OP sounds like a thoughtful parent. The ^^PP on the other hand …

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

He's not a kid at 24. He can drink, vote, marry, and serve in the military all by 21. At 24 he needs to shit or get off the pot...read figure out his life.

If he has a degree in Urban Planning and GIS he should have been working and interning to get career experience and/or moving a central point where those degrees are needed.

BTW - a lot of architects struggle. It's not really field where people flourish, so picking it in the first place unless you're very good is a non-starter.

Fun study but big oversupply of architect degrees. Been that way for decades. One needs to network to break into the industry, the jobs are at private partnerships. He needs to pop in to some professors and brainstorm about some job tracks and companies. Has he had any relevant internships or coop programs in that industry.

City planning with more of an engineering tilt? WOrk for local or state government?

NP. Lots of armchair advisors here. News flash: Architecture and urban planning are different fields.

NP. COMPLETELY different fields. How does more than one person confuse the two? The GIS skills are the key if he wants a job in his major.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

He's not a kid at 24. He can drink, vote, marry, and serve in the military all by 21. At 24 he needs to shit or get off the pot...read figure out his life.

If he has a degree in Urban Planning and GIS he should have been working and interning to get career experience and/or moving a central point where those degrees are needed.

BTW - a lot of architects struggle. It's not really field where people flourish, so picking it in the first place unless you're very good is a non-starter.

Fun study but big oversupply of architect degrees. Been that way for decades. One needs to network to break into the industry, the jobs are at private partnerships. He needs to pop in to some professors and brainstorm about some job tracks and companies. Has he had any relevant internships or coop programs in that industry.

City planning with more of an engineering tilt? WOrk for local or state government?

My friends who got an urban planning BA/MA with a technical GIS specialty all went to work for private sector architecture firms. Urban planning jobs directly dealing with a city are a much smaller piece of the pie.

NP. Lots of armchair advisors here. News flash: Architecture and urban planning are different fields.

NP. COMPLETELY different fields. How does more than one person confuse the two? The GIS skills are the key if he wants a job in his major.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

If he was a good, hard working kid he could hold down a job in the restaurant industry, and even if he lost it he would have a new job in a few days.

Honestly, sounds like he is a lazy, unmotivated adult man who needs to leave his mommy's teet behind. Sounds like he has been blackballed in his city so wants to continue to mooch off his hardworking father (who is luckily smart enough to push back against it).

OP: it's time to let go. He is 24, has a college degree he clearly has no desire to use, and has also wasted way too much of your cash on said degree. Sounds like if he was my kid he would likely have been on his own at age 18 because of his laziness. You did far more then you should have and now have to deal with the consequences. It's a tough bandaid to pull but you have to before he is in his mid-forties and still mooching off you.

LOL. 1. did you actually read the thread? 2. this may win the "I'm projecting my own issues onto the OP" award for the day.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

If he was a good, hard working kid he could hold down a job in the restaurant industry, and even if he lost it he would have a new job in a few days.

Honestly, sounds like he is a lazy, unmotivated adult man who needs to leave his mommy's teet behind. Sounds like he has been blackballed in his city so wants to continue to mooch off his hardworking father (who is luckily smart enough to push back against it).

OP: it's time to let go. He is 24, has a college degree he clearly has no desire to use, and has also wasted way too much of your cash on said degree. Sounds like if he was my kid he would likely have been on his own at age 18 because of his laziness. You did far more then you should have and now have to deal with the consequences. It's a tough bandaid to pull but you have to before he is in his mid-forties and still mooching off you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

He's not a kid at 24. He can drink, vote, marry, and serve in the military all by 21. At 24 he needs to shit or get off the pot...read figure out his life.

If he has a degree in Urban Planning and GIS he should have been working and interning to get career experience and/or moving a central point where those degrees are needed.

BTW - a lot of architects struggle. It's not really field where people flourish, so picking it in the first place unless you're very good is a non-starter.

Fun study but big oversupply of architect degrees. Been that way for decades. One needs to network to break into the industry, the jobs are at private partnerships. He needs to pop in to some professors and brainstorm about some job tracks and companies. Has he had any relevant internships or coop programs in that industry.

City planning with more of an engineering tilt? WOrk for local or state government?

NP. Lots of armchair advisors here. News flash: Architecture and urban planning are different fields.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents making excuses for their kids here. It’s everybody else’s fault, etc. There are plenty of 24 year olds that have figured out how to live by themselves by now, I guess they made it happen instead of making excuses.

Not a single poster has made excuses for their kids. Yes plenty of kids work it out. Plenty more have significant parental help for years. What’s your point? This kid sounds like a good, hard-working kid in need of some tome to reset. Some of you are really harsh on the kids.

He's not a kid at 24. He can drink, vote, marry, and serve in the military all by 21. At 24 he needs to shit or get off the pot...read figure out his life.

If he has a degree in Urban Planning and GIS he should have been working and interning to get career experience and/or moving a central point where those degrees are needed.

BTW - a lot of architects struggle. It's not really field where people flourish, so picking it in the first place unless you're very good is a non-starter.

Fun study but big oversupply of architect degrees. Been that way for decades. One needs to network to break into the industry, the jobs are at private partnerships. He needs to pop in to some professors and brainstorm about some job tracks and companies. Has he had any relevant internships or coop programs in that industry.

City planning with more of an engineering tilt? WOrk for local or state government?

Anonymous wrote:OP Again

His degree is in Geography/Urban Planning. He also has a certificate in G.I.S.

Anonymous wrote:OP Again

His degree is in Geography/Urban Planning. He also has a certificate in G.I.S.