<p>"He’s beginning to fill out transfer apps. We can’t imagine what kind of job he can find with a high school education that will pay enough to live in a reasonably secure location, eat, etc. "</p>
<p>I think that right now would be a good time for him to live at home and to obtain whatever fulltime job that he can get. If he can’t find fulltime employment, then he could work parttime and do volunteer work in a field or for a cause that he is interested in.</p>
<p>This would also give him the time to think over what happened in the college, and to figure out what direction he should take with his life.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a good idea for him to immediately jump into going straight back to college. He needs to figure out what went wrong. Organizational problems? Did he pick the wrong major? </p>
<p>I still think that he hasn’t yet told you the whole story. He may not have admitted the whole story to himself. The extra time at home this semester will give him a chance to come to grips about what happened, and it would give you time to see if what he’s telling you coincides with what you see of his behavior. </p>
<p>His taking a semester or even a year off from school will not mean that he will never graduate from college or obtain a job that would comfortably support him. Better to allow him some structured time to regroup than for him to jump back into the frying pan.</p>