if you say something like „it’s okay to be lost, take your time” to someone in their late twenties who has no education, no job experience and has no idea what to do you’re basically ruining them. cause they’ll be 34 years old with nothing to put in their cv and competing against 25 years old with a degree, internship, courses, etc. who on earth would hire the 34 years old who, according to cv, did nothing after high school for more than 10 years? i sure wouldn’t.
be sympathetic and delicate but push people. this isn’t a world that accommodates people who spend 15 years at home staring at a wall and are 34 years old with nothing but high school diploma and no set direction.