My Nephew

[Mobasser]

On January 25th 2022, I made a post about my nephew Kyle. The post was called How To Motivate A Young Man. Kyle had come to stay at our house, in the hope that I could help him. His problem was that he would not keep a job. He had three good jobs, and quit them all within a month.               At the time, I thought he was lazy, and, I came down pretty hard on him. My wife took him to a specialist, and he was prescribed medicine for an anxiety disorder.                 Now, he's a different person. He's worked for the county road crew for two years, and has moved up to a supervisor position, with a good pay raise. He has perfect attendance on his job, and, is attending night classes at a local junior college, studying computer programming. He's engaged to a really sharp girl now also.                                                 I'm proud of him, and am very happy for him. My nephew taught me a lesson in all of this. Anxiety is a very real thing. It can affect people in different ways. What I thought was laziness was not the case at all.  If you know a person who suffers from anxiety, try to get them some help if you can. They may be able to turn things around in a good way. Kyle and I will be fishing together this Saturday morning. He's doing fine now.

[Mike L]

Glad to hear that Sean!

Sometimes a little patience and digging a little deeper is all that’s needed when someone is struggling. 
 

Good for him!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

[A-Jay]

So glad to hear this.

While his medication is "helping" him, he still needs to do the rest on his own hard work, commitment and confidence. 

And don't think for 1 minte that your love and concern for his well being went unnoticed.  Including the tough love.

Thank you for the update and it sounds like this young man is well on his way.

A-Jay

 

[gim]

Nice job @Mobasser.  You helped turn around someone's life for the better.

[Skunkmaster-k]

I’m glad my advice helped. If you need any more , just holler. 

[Catt]

Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

 

We have to be parents first, then freinds.