Wow, I’m stunned. Not really, but my family has really been blessed.
I lost my job in 2009. It took a few months and a cross country move, but my employment circumstances are far better.
All four of my kids are employed. Two are full time, one of those is also taking full time online classes.
The third just started a college internship that’s blowing my mind. Good pay, 401K, paid vacation and even education assistance. I think he’ll be able to make enough to pay off his student loans before he graduates.
The fourth is still in high school part time.
It took some work for all of them but hard work and perseverance does pay off.
I was at Sears waiting my turn at the checkout and there were 2 people ahead of me talking about their kids (they met in line). One said her 19 year old son got a job as a game programmer with a starting salary of $120,000 !
She said he came home for a visit and overheard her say to her 10 year old to stop playing video games and go outside and play. She said her 19 year looked at her and said “mom!”
Have your kids learn programming!