Tom was recently asked to answer the following question put in by a worried parent/reader, this may be an interesting read for any parents viewing this…
Our 16-year-old son has told us that he doesn’t want to go to university when he leaves school (in 2010), but straight into work instead. Both his father and I are professional people (his father is a university lecturer) and we are devastated. He is our only son. I fought to go to university (my father didn’t approve) and I just feel that at his age he can’t know what not going will mean. Should I let him be or apply pressure? All our friends went to university and all their children are going so I can’t get unbiased advice from them.
Mrs UB, Cambridgeshire
