dd almost 18, won't discuss plans?
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dd almost 18, won't discuss plans?
| Sun, 01-22-2006 - 10:52pm |
My DD, 17, is graduating high school this May. She is an honors student, works part time, so no major problems. Except... she does not want to go to college right after high school. This is okay too but whenever her Dad and I try to discuss what she is going to do after high school, especially after she turns 18, her response is always "I don't have to think about that". We have tried not asking what her plans are but knowing that she may have none, worries us. She has said that she is going to work. But has no idea where. Her mom just moved again and is still living out of state but moved to a different state. DD does not like where her mom moved. She said she doesn't know if she will stay with us, move with her mom, or venture out to the unknown.
When we ask her when she will make this decision she says that she doesn't know and "doesn't need to think about it". I do not want to see her with no plans at all and her Dad and I have tried to give her the freedom to make these choices. We would just like some idea of where she will be so that we can plan our lives too. She is rarely at home anyway, so discussions are rare as well. Any suggestions on how to get her to figure out what she is going to do? Or is this one of those things that you just let them figure out. we don't want her to think that she can do whatever she wants if she decides to stay with us.
When we ask her when she will make this decision she says that she doesn't know and "doesn't need to think about it". I do not want to see her with no plans at all and her Dad and I have tried to give her the freedom to make these choices. We would just like some idea of where she will be so that we can plan our lives too. She is rarely at home anyway, so discussions are rare as well. Any suggestions on how to get her to figure out what she is going to do? Or is this one of those things that you just let them figure out. we don't want her to think that she can do whatever she wants if she decides to stay with us.
