ReadyEddy

Helping teens navigate the transition to adulting.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

I'm a 40-year-old dad of three teenagers with dreams bigger than my mortgage. Artist? Astronaut? TikTok mogul? I'm supportive ya know. But as a middle-class guy scraping by, how do I nudge 'em toward the real talk without crushing their spark? "Hey kid, love the poetry gig, but... student loans?" Oof. It's like walking a tightrope blindfolded.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

The idea was to find a way to meet my kids where they were at & on their timeline, if I had any fighting chance at effectively communicating with them on these topics. 

#readyeddy

[Camus @newstart_2024]

A 40-year-old working mom of two just said what a lot of women are quietly thinking after years in the corporate grind:

“I fell for it. Go to college, get the degree, you can have it all — career, kids, the whole thing.
I don’t want to do it all anymore.
I want to take my kids to school, pick them up, be there when they get home, chaperone field trips, volunteer, go to the gym, clean the house, do laundry, cook dinner… just be home.”

She’s blunt: “It’s not worth it. Don’t fall for that sh... Find a way to be with your family.”

It’s raw, honest, and hits different when you hear it from someone who’s lived both sides.

Moms (and dads) — have you ever reached that point where the “have it all” dream started feeling like a trap?
What would your ideal balance actually look like if money or societal pressure wasn’t part of the equation?

Your thoughts ����

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

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[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@MENTORnational very cool stuff.

would love to connect and see how ReadyEddy may be able to fold into your work.

wishing you loads of success!

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@denicmarko https://t.co/ct3RrpvlkR

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

Our ReadyEddy mobile app is available for download today on the Apple App Store. Zero-risk, try it for free this weekend!

As a parent or mentor:
*Sign up
*Share code with your teen
*Set a motivational reward for your teen
*Explore / add / edit To-dos for your teen
*Collaborate via topic-specific chats
*Explore budget sims of dif career types & salaries
*AI insights - career suggestions based on chats

Thanks for your support!

https://t.co/fQ7Ee4SYpg

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

this. this is what i've been wrestling with for over a year, trying to encourage my teens to be independent, but to pursue lives full of love and fun.

to your other comment above, i'm in the same spot - "dad, college is just what you do next" -

and that scares me quite a bit, for many reasons tbh.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

this is a very thought-provoking approach. this is the stuff that keeps me up at night while parenting 3 teenagers.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

What happens to a society when its smartest teenagers decide college isn’t worth the time and companies start agreeing with them?

Palantir just tried something most people thought was unthinkable. It told high school students to skip college, walk past the gatekeepers, and start working on real-world national-security and tech problems at eighteen.

Five hundred teens applied. Twenty-two got in. Some turned down places at Ivy League schools. One even walked away from a full-ride scholarship backed by the Department of Defense.

Why?
Because the message hit a nerve: the belief that college has stopped rewarding merit and started rewarding compliance.

These fellows were thrown into seminars on Western civilization, leadership, and U.S. history. They took notes for the first time in their lives. They visited Gettysburg. They debated whether the West is still worth defending. Then they were dropped into live product teams handling hospitals, defense clients, government agencies — real stakes, real pressure.

And something happened that no university can replicate.

They saw what it feels like when a company trusts them on day three more than a college would trust them in year three.

Parents panicked. Counselors discouraged them. Friends told them they were insane.
But every generation has a moment where the ground shifts. This might be one of those moments.

So here’s the real question behind the question:

If elite companies start grooming talent straight out of high school, and young people start choosing mastery over lectures, how long until the traditional college path stops being the default and becomes the backup plan?

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

Parents,
(or anyone who’s survived adulthood so far 😉),

What are 1 or 2 life lessons you learned on your own that you now wish someone had pulled you aside and explained when you were a teen?

Money stuff, relationships, mental health, work, independence… anything that would have saved you stress or struggle.

As we look to improve the ReadyEddy mobile app, the more real-world feedback we can build into the user experience, the better.

And we thought - what a better place to ask for real-world parenting feedback than here 🙃

Hope you all have a fruitful and productive week ahead!

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

currently tied for that first spot on https://t.co/OZmqj5tgUr!

[The Jeweler Ty @TheJewelerTY]

Raising a teen is the hardest thing to do. Those 5 -6 years of their life need just as much parenting, if not more than, the first 5 -6 years of their life.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

Our ReadyEddy mobile app is available for download today on the Apple App Store. Zero-risk, try it for free this weekend!

As a parent or mentor:
*Sign up
*Share code with your teen
*Set a motivational reward for your teen
*Explore / add / edit To-dos for your teen
*Collaborate via topic-specific chats
*Explore budget sims of dif career types & salaries
*AI insights - career suggestions based on chats

Thanks for your support!

https://t.co/fQ7Ee4SYpg

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@thdxr just posted about this same thing this morning on LinkedIn.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@MarciaJWilson @AJKocman oh my word.

your folks would have needed 2 accounts to manage your teen crew in ReadyEddy! :)

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@jenhoganjourno love this - “What kind of parenting does that kid need us to give them for the conditions to be perfect for them to tell us what they’re going through?”

that's the question that we face. meet them where they're at. and listen. no condescension. no judgment.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

meet them where they're at. listen. offer guidance. listen some more.

#readyeddy

[WhereParentsTalk.com @Parents_Talk]

NEW!

Motivating your teen isn’t about pushing harder—it’s about respecting smarter.
Dr. David Yeager, developmental psychologist, author & father of 4 shares strategies for parents, rooted in science - with @liannecastelino
https://t.co/YBK428QdcD
#parenting #teens #motivation

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@safizaq we are at it currently.

would love to learn more.

ReadyEddy - iOS app designed for parents and teens, navigating life prep for after highschool.

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

@ReadyEddy must have been VERRRRY hectic.

:)

hope you're doing ok my fellow 'readyeddy'

[ReadyEddy @Ready_Eddy_]

#IDontWantToOverreactBUT, i have no idea what i'm doing with my kids.

wingin' it, one day at a time.