{"id":23075,"date":"2025-07-16T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/your-child-turns-18-what-do-you-need-to-arrange\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:45:48","slug":"your-child-turns-18-what-do-you-need-to-arrange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/en\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/your-child-turns-18-what-do-you-need-to-arrange\/","title":{"rendered":"Your child turns 18: what do you need to arrange?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your child is now an adult. What comes with this?","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,314,328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mbo","category-to-secondary-school","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"samenvatting":"Your child is now an adult. What comes with this?","banner_afbeelding":false,"banner_subtitel":"","inhoud":[{"acf_fc_layout":"inhoud_blok","afbeelding_of_video":"geen","afbeelding":false,"video":null,"intro":"When your child turns 18, it is a special milestone. Your child is now an adult. You need to consider many things, especially if your child is still at school. What exactly changes on the 18th birthday? And what do you as a parent still need to arrange?","inhoud":"

Still at school, but no compulsory education<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

From 18 years old, the qualification obligation ends. This means your child is no longer required by law to attend school, even if they have not yet earned a starting qualification. Most children are still at school or study when they turn 18. At secondary school, your child is often in the middle of exam year, and at mbo it is busy with learning and studying.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your child is no longer legally obliged to attend school, but finishing or attending school or training is of course important. Schools also keep setting rules for attendance and effort. It is important your child knows what the school expects.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"More about compulsory education and qualification obligation","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/kennisbank\/vakantie-en-leerplicht\/leerplicht-en-kwalificatieplicht\/","target":""},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"

Exams<\/h3>\n

For many secondary school students, their 18th birthday falls in the exam year. Although compulsory education then ends, the exam itself changes little: the rules for retaking, passing, or failing stay the same. For mbo students, exams are often divided over multiple parts spread over the year.<\/p>\n

Your child gains more independence from 18 years old. This means among other things:<\/p>\n