My son is skipping university to start a family with girl he met three months ago
DEAR DEIDRE: INSTEAD of applying for a place at university, my teenage son is starting a family with a girl he met three months ago.
I had my son at 16. I’m 34 now and he is 18.
Although I wouldn’t change being a mum for the world, having a child so young did mean I missed out on a lot of career opportunities.
I really hoped my son would live the life I couldn’t – go to university, travel and carve out a career for himself.
But he is throwing it all away. Before my son met this girl he had big plans to study engineering.
I’m devastated and can’t help feeling like he is throwing everything away.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Try to see the positives. He is stepping up to his responsibilities and putting a child’s needs before his own, which are traits for a good father in the making.
He could still go to university part-time to study engineering and he could live at home, as opposed to on campus.
Try to help him find ways to still live out his dreams – there will be options.
