One of the worst things one can say to a teenager or young adult is the phrase “You’re gonna go nowhere in life if you don’t do XYZ”. It comes from a misled intention of motivating an individual based on your idea of their future every time they have to be next to you or express their feelings of boredom and disillusionment. Saying such things only worsens these and lastly their demotivation.
Please, let us figure out by ourselves. I do have a friend who is 21 years old, still lives with their family and has no job.
It doesn’t make us bums, lazy or bad. That’s the deep st4te matrix talking.