How can a friend of mine get her son to get a job?

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Motivation comes from within. If the son isn’t motivated to get a job, then it is up to his mother to ‘inspire’ him to do so. Her inspiration to the son be to charge him rent or ask him to move out. She may not need the money, but her son needs to learn to be self-sufficient.

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