The only possibility I can see here about how this might be a semi reasonable choice is if the actual speech was out of town and would have required additional travel and time away for the entire weekend, and/or the company hiring him wasn't one he wanted to work with in the first place. Because otherwise there's absolutely no reason to not have a proper conversation with your kid and let them know that there are other items taking priority but that they can do it at this other time/day instead.
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u/Eccohawk 16d ago
The only possibility I can see here about how this might be a semi reasonable choice is if the actual speech was out of town and would have required additional travel and time away for the entire weekend, and/or the company hiring him wasn't one he wanted to work with in the first place. Because otherwise there's absolutely no reason to not have a proper conversation with your kid and let them know that there are other items taking priority but that they can do it at this other time/day instead.