Ask Amy: Parents worry about son’s unemployment
My wife doesn't support the older child going with me because she wants to be there for that child’s first airplane flight.
She acknowledges that this is a selfish desire.
Should we go as a family, despite the headaches that will come from flying with a baby, or should I go solo?
– Harried Husband
Dear Harried: I have to admit that as someone who has flown – a lot – with my daughter when she was a baby and a toddler, and subsequently with many other children of varying ages, I don’t see flying with a three-year-old as being the important and unmissable milestone your wife seems to perceive it to be.
(I still have flashbacks of running from one end of the Dallas airport to the other with my daughter, repeatedly dropping our carry-on luggage and assorted backpacks as we went.)
If the trip to your sister’s graduation is a direct flight of three hours or less, I would take the whole gang. If the trip requires a complicated connection, I would suggest you go solo.
Dear Amy: Regarding the ongoing discussion about pressuring college students to get As and Bs, I was a recruiter for a decade and have spent another decade in the onboarding phase of employment.
These parents worried about grades … for employment purposes grades don't matter. College is a yes or no question.
– Recruiter
Dear Recruiter: Grades might matter for graduate school. A degree matters for employment.
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