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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 86537" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just a gentle reminder for an emotional topic: please leave politics out of this discussion. There are other places to discuss politics, we are about difficult children and our families. </div></div></p><p></p><p>TM, I agree wholeheartedly with you. However, in this case I may not have said it the right way, but my post WAS about our difficult child's.</p><p></p><p>To say it another way, today's military really isn't suited to "reform" our current crop of difficult child's. Unless he truly wanted to join up, I wouldn't try to force my son into a jail/kicked out or "join up" option. Most likely, the military would take him in, figure out he was a difficult child, and either shunt him into the worst job possible or send him home with an "other than honerable" discharge. Neither outcome would help him, and would actually inflict more damage on him. </p><p></p><p>Given the slim chance of him actually "fitting in", getting into a good job and turning his life around <strong>against his will (instead of jail?)</strong> , I'd probably discourage him from going in and encourage/support looking for other options.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I didn't say it right the first time?</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 86537, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tiredmommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just a gentle reminder for an emotional topic: please leave politics out of this discussion. There are other places to discuss politics, we are about difficult children and our families. </div></div> TM, I agree wholeheartedly with you. However, in this case I may not have said it the right way, but my post WAS about our difficult child's. To say it another way, today's military really isn't suited to "reform" our current crop of difficult child's. Unless he truly wanted to join up, I wouldn't try to force my son into a jail/kicked out or "join up" option. Most likely, the military would take him in, figure out he was a difficult child, and either shunt him into the worst job possible or send him home with an "other than honerable" discharge. Neither outcome would help him, and would actually inflict more damage on him. Given the slim chance of him actually "fitting in", getting into a good job and turning his life around [b]against his will (instead of jail?)[/b] , I'd probably discourage him from going in and encourage/support looking for other options. Maybe I didn't say it right the first time? Mikey [/QUOTE]
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