What would your FA teen do with a GAP YEAR?

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CMdeux:
So I'm curious.

We've been talking about this around here because our DD will graduate from high school a whopping 3+ years early.

While she is undoubtedly ready for the academic demands of college...

we'd love it if she had the ability to spend a year doing something that is simply meaningful in some way... because, well-- the acceleration has given her the "gift of time."

I think it's really obvious how FA management improves with additional maturity, too-- so every additional year is better advocacy skill, more assertive communication strategies, etc. etc.

BUT... about 60% of traditional "gap year" planning is about travel. To developing countries or really marginal locations in terms of management. NOT happening with someone like my DD, who has a super-low threshold.

What does that leave??

Our family has had some conversations about this, but I'll hold off until a few other people have weighed in first.

TIA!! :thumbsup:

Macabre:
Travel to Europe. I don't think he needs to travel to an underdeveloped part of the world to sped the year well. He currently does a lot of service. If he could spend time expanding his foreign language skills that would be time well spent IMHO.

Macabre:
I'm terms of travel, it's been so helpful to see members like Nameless or members' kids (GoingNuts, LindaJo, and Peg) travel.

I am pretty confident in DS ability to go to a European country by himself by that age.

ajasfolks2:
Spend the year travelling to National Parks in the US . . . couple it with indepth geology studies . . . then maybe work against fracking.

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I think it depends on what she finds meaningful. Volunteering, advocacy, small business - Shark Tank :), writing/publishing, internships, diving deep into a specific academic subject, art/music, USA travel, bucket list, etc.

My kids would love unlimited time to improve their Wii skills :P

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Macabre - :grouphug: