Great post above! @vanzandt
If your kid doesn’t know what their passion is encourage world travel. It’ll ground how good they have it now as well as an appreciation for how other cultures approach problems.
Also, sometimes it takes working sucky deadend jobs to gain clarity.
Putting up a stake seems supportive. It’ll be more effective if it’s sourced from within them. Otherwise they will be doing whatever it is to please you. That includes any ideas you give them.
With all that said,
Renovating houses can work out well. It will expose them to all the trades. It contains all the elements one needs to master entrepreneurship. It’s tangible and if one focuses more on affordable housing vs McMansions if fulfills a real need.
At first lot’s of hands on, then moving to contracts.
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If he’s socially and environmental aware then also permaculture/natural building as applied to the above. Having hands in the earth can re-orient the listless.
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