...coming from somebody who did the same thing to his daughter that you think you might have done to your son. When we told her she had to do chores and pay rent she moved out-- it was painful for a bit, then it wasn't, and it turns out she's doing just fine. That was three years ago.
The painful part was changing my behavior and outlook-- so much guilt! Ugh!
Good luck!
Originally Posted by
lizatola 
Yeah, we aren't charging him rent until he's out of school. If he does go to community college, he'll be going across town and we will have to find him housing so he's not driving 50 miles a day.
I wouldn't ask him to work if he was a full time student. My bf is saying that if the boy doesn't go to school, then he needs to work and contribute financially so that he learns what it feels like to start taking responsibility for himself.