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How to Support Non-Traditional Paths When Society Expects College

My teenager wants to skip college and start a business and I know she might be right but I cannot shake the fear that I am failing as a parent if I support this.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The conflict between trusting a child's instincts and conforming to social expectations of responsible parenting creates doubt in one's own wisdom.

Ideas that help explain it
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