<p>TheDad… I just finished my 2nd year too, and it doesn’t seem like my college time should be halfway done. It seems like I just got here, but junior year of high school is when you start planning heavily what you will do after you graduate right? So I guess that means next year it’s time to start looking at grad school/jobs/teach for america/peace corps etc…
<em>sigh</em></p>
<p>SG315, my D is already discussing options for her senior thesis with an eye on professional/grad school & subsequent career options. There’s something to be said for balance, between living in the moment and having some idea of where you want to go. For better or for worse, her plans are akin to looking eight to nine moves deep in a chess game. I’ve got to say, part of what is spurring her is that she is getting outstanding advising where she is.</p>
<p>My 18 yo daughter has been at a boarding school for over a year so it will be great/scary to have her home for six weeks before she goes to college (a city college 2 hours away). </p>
<p>When contemplating the departure of my son If he gets into a college he is happy to be attending then I will be thrilled to send him on his way. I would love to hold on but he’s already resisting and detaching.</p>
<p>My husband and I are already talking about taking in foster children (teens) when the kids are safely ensconsced at their prospective schools.</p>
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Ooooooooooooh, VERY cool idea! :)</p>
<p>Thanks Berurah for the positive thoughts. Since the day we met and the conversations/love that resulted in marriage, the idea of teen foster children was a plan for our future. I was a difficult teen and think I have experience and love to offer a struggling teen. My husband did not have children but was a Big Brother to a few fine boys who have gone on to defeat the odds and he volunteered at a homeless kids shelter here in Hollywood. Our conversation on our first date was on this very subject and we feel very strongly that we we have a lot to offer to a child in need. My husband did not have children because he felt that there were too many kids who needed parents who didn’t have any and there were too many parents having kids that had no business doing so.</p>
<p>He is not religious although raised as a pious Baptist but believes that every child deserves a chance at education and a productive life. Just as he was given the chance.</p>