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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Re. kids leaving home.
When we moved out to the stix 6 years ago, my eldest boy was only 16. He chose not to move with us. He had a full time job and didn't want to leave his circle of friends. I received a hell of a lot of criticism from my family for not making him move with us. But I couldn't force him to leave his job and friends.
The best thing I did for him was to help organise his finances so he could save a substantial amount of his pay. Hehehe, it was a joint account, so if he needed to access it he had to drive up to visit me, so I could co-sign the withdrawal slip. He paid cash for his first car.
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I did the same with my son , joint account thing , and while he was under 18 , I regularly transferred $60 per fortnight to another account as room and board (which I was actually setting aside for him if he decided to go to uni , I was going to use that to help him with his fees and books).
He opened a new account and had his Youth Allowance put into that when he turned 18 yo and from then on decided he'd pay the room the board (when it suited him - which wasn't very often or regular).
We were more unhappy about the looser lay about go nowhere mates he was spending time with who were all only interested in playing computer games and video games and not much else and were into drinking (and other stuff I suspect though I don't think my boy did the drugs thing). What the stuff is wrong with kids and young adults these days ?.
... when I was 19 yo I was a cadet analytical chemist and working rotating shifts , including weekends and public holidays and stacks of overtime while studying parttime.