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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:21 PM Original message |
Young Adult reluctant (HAH!) to work. What tactic would you use to motivate? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. For me, it was money. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Make them move out of the house? |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. when my son was 18 |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. More details, please, Bertha! |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. GED grad, living with single mom (my sis) |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Have his mother show just how much it costs to keep him fed and sheltered., |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Won't work or won't look for work? Huge difference. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It has been suggested to him - frequently - that in addition to contributing |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I'm not the most successful person in this dept, but I'll try. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. i'm not sure i would work in that circumstance either |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's a very good point. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hunger, lack of electricity, invoices. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. My parents tactic |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tell him he can spend it on beer and drugs |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't give him any money. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Geez. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. make sure there's no underlying trouble... |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Have an Army recruiter pay him a visit n/t |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Go to college, or work and pay rent, or move the fuck out of the house" |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-03-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Inform the young adult that |
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