Quote From: imdonemom My Son is a 17year old, one semester to finish High School. But he may not finish, his counselor and me and his father try to help and give advice to finish and stop taking day's off from school. He stay's home he play's soccer very good athlete and good student, but he also can't find a job. Please help I'm not sure what else to do to help him, I took him the doctor's and he's blood work is fine. I need advice on what could be our next step?
Without a lot more details, I may be missing something, but ... If you can, pay him in some way for finishing high school. You say "he can't find a job", but he does have one, and that is doing a good job and finishing high school! Anything else should be secondary. Also, how can he stay home and play soccer? Who is there to play with? Or is it other non-attending students? There, school attendance officers might be able to help.
Your son really needs to understand that although he wants a job, likely because it would give him money to spend, he will be able to earn more (a lot more) once he has his diploma. From here, you're all only looking at another 3 months or so to finish. If he doesn't have "any" income, see it you can pay him something for good grades, or for every full day in school, or for both, all so he does have a little "extra" cash. Or maybe you can offer him a "big" reward for when he graduates, like a trip, sports equipment, or something special that would really appeal to him.
Finally, there may be some local organizations that could give him a boost to attend. His school counselor ought to know of any possibilities.
