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FollowingFeisty5321 t1_jeh4ob7 wrote

That's when their needs start getting more expensive, phones, computers, transport, outgrowing clothes, and many will only have part-time minimum wage work for 15/16 -> 25/26. In many countries there's now record numbers of people in their 20s and 30s moving back in with their parents because they still can't afford to live independently.

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AdmiralBofa t1_jeh4nnv wrote

OK, keep the "hustle," but skip the yard work. If cashflow is your goal, focus on any special marketable education or skills you have. Graphic design? Programming?

If you don't have any particular educational or professional background, I'd recommend sales. If you're good at that, you can always make money. Car lots are almost always hiring sales people. The sales world is pretty aggressive and very much "I don't care what you did last month, how have you made me money lately?" But if you can handle it and be as aggressive as they are, there's a lot of up-side.

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LnrRigby t1_jeh4nf1 wrote

There are some things you absolutely cannot do as a family. It is difficult for siblings to have to deal with this so you have to make sure you do special things with them alone. Your new life will adapt and you learn to deal with the things you are missing out on. You make new "normals."
We still enjoy life, we just enjoy it differently. I have been fortunate because I have my spouse for support. A lot of mothers are doing this solo and they truly have their hands full. We chose not to place our child in a group home and have been doing it for 35 years. It's the only life we know. You take one day at a time.

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