J-B's Informed Opinion

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that young people need help and support as they make the transition to their next environment and that they need to understand the terms under which the help is offered before they accept it.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that high school grads, who need more time to choose their next environment, may find opportunities in training programs as well as in volunteering in which to gain the additional time that they need in order to choose their next environment.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that after all of the celebration, of having completed high school, graduates are sometimes stuck deciding what they will do next and, as they continue to live at home, being supported by their parents, their situation becomes untenable, as a great deal of stress is generated.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that high school graduates have earned the right to celebrate their successful completion of twelve years of schooling before engaging their chosen next environment.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that most young people are developing habits that enable them to solve their problems in a rational way.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that we need to remember how difficult it is to make decisions about how we live our life and that the way we live our life will help determine how our children adapt to their environment of which we are a huge part.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that young people must begin to use all the resources available to them, in their environment, as they contemplate solutions to their problems.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that young people have a will honed skillset that they can and should use to solve the problems that they encounter.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that now that they have been graduated from high school, young people will be expected to handle their emotional responses to the problems that will inevitably arise in their lives, on their own.

Joe-Brown's informed opinion is that young people who have just graduated from high school have a lot to consider as they choose the next environment that they will engage and to which they will adapt.