<p>Sometimes kids under estimate their parents. Ask them how they knew for sure they wanted to go to college. Did they have self doubts? What made them change their mind? You may actually bond with them. Taking time off can provide you with life experience that college does not. Even sitting around watching tv may make you realize this can not go on forever and will not pay the bills. Is money a concern? Love? Fear of not being prepared? Taking time off is not the end of the world when put into perspective. As already posted, come up with a couple of plans for how you want to live your life. Making mistakes and learning from them is called living. Out of love parents try to spare their children from difficult situations without realizing we might be robbing them of the opportunity to make their own mistakes and grow from them. My own duaghter will graduate college this year and has not found college to be the experience she had hoped. She has learned and probably grown more from break ups, getting and keeping jobs, juggling school, cooking, laundry, paying bills and relationships. But an education can not be taken away from you and it is a privelge to be able to get one. It just doesn’t have to be obtained at a university. In the end though, she does not regret her education, especially in this job climate.</p>