Four months ago, my nephew came to stay with us. He was sent here by his mother( my wife's sister) to see if we, or mainly I, could help him. Kyle is 20 hrs old, has graduated high school with decent B average grades. His problem is he will not keep a job. In the last year he's had seven jobs. Two of these jobs paid pretty good, and had benefits. He was hired at a Fed Ex warehouse at 21.00 per hr when he first came to our house. He worked two weeks and quit. He was hired shortly after on the county road crew, and worked one week. This job paid good also. He has no problems with any substance abuse, and when he works, he's a hard worker. Everyone likes him. But, he won't stick with it. I know many guys would say kick him out, but, I don't think this is the answer. He'll go back home and do this again. I look back to when I was 20 hrs old. I liked working, because I liked making money. My dad would have never accepted this. And, I would have never expected him to. Now, I'm worried about this kid. If he keeps this up, nobody will hire him. Im sure I could get him a job on a framing crew that I know. But, I'm afraid to stick my neck out for him. I'm looking for some answers here. What can I do to get this kid motivated? I'm at the end of my rope with him now.

I know it's a growing problem. I saw something on the news a while back about how in the last 20 years the number of young men in their 20s that were not in school and not working had grown significantly. I knew of a similar situation and it turned out the kid was having anxiety issue. He was having panic attacks at work and wasn't telling anyone in the family. Anti anxiety drugs were the answer.

You are really thoughtful A-Jay to remember this and ask about it 10 months later. Really glad to hear Kyle is doing well @Mobasser

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1 minute ago, A-Jay said:

Been a while but I hope Kyle is doing well.

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He's doing very well A-Jay. He's working for the County Road crew, and has his own apartment. He plans on taking some online classes, to get a business degree. He's been going with a girl who's really sharp, and is a big motivator for him. We all feel blessed that he's doing so well. Thank you for asking about him, and have a great Christmas!

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