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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 492195" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>This is one of the reasons Jamie planned his life and set his goals for the military in the Marine Corps from the age of 8 years old. He knew he was never meant for a job behind a desk. We have a program here called "take your child to work day"and I took both my boys at different times. When I took Jamie he was absolutely miserable because I had a desk job. He couldnt stand it. There was nothing to do. I tried having him file papers for me but that got old real fast. Eventually he went and found the janitor and spent the day with him sweeping, picking up and emptying trash cans and cleaning the bathrooms. The activity kept him busy so he was happier. </p><p></p><p>Jamie came off ritalin when he was entering HS at 14 so he could go into the Marines. To cope with his ADHD, he started running every morning for 2 miles and then when he came home he would run another mile. He also was on the football team his freshman year along with the ROTC program. His sophomore through senior years he ran long distance track. This was to prepare him for the Marines. </p><p></p><p>I could have never raised my younger two boys in the city. They lived for the outdoors. They came home from school and hit the door running. They hated rainy days. Those were the only days they played video games or attempted to watch tv shows. I dont think they sat through an entire tv show until they were in the upper stages of elementary school. If they were that still, they fell asleep. They scoured the woods and built forts, climbed trees and jumped out of them. The road their bikes all through the woods. They went fishing on the river we have near us. Sometimes they went hunting together for squirrels or rabbits. They were boys. That could have never happened in a city and they would have gone absolutely ape.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 492195, member: 1514"] This is one of the reasons Jamie planned his life and set his goals for the military in the Marine Corps from the age of 8 years old. He knew he was never meant for a job behind a desk. We have a program here called "take your child to work day"and I took both my boys at different times. When I took Jamie he was absolutely miserable because I had a desk job. He couldnt stand it. There was nothing to do. I tried having him file papers for me but that got old real fast. Eventually he went and found the janitor and spent the day with him sweeping, picking up and emptying trash cans and cleaning the bathrooms. The activity kept him busy so he was happier. Jamie came off ritalin when he was entering HS at 14 so he could go into the Marines. To cope with his ADHD, he started running every morning for 2 miles and then when he came home he would run another mile. He also was on the football team his freshman year along with the ROTC program. His sophomore through senior years he ran long distance track. This was to prepare him for the Marines. I could have never raised my younger two boys in the city. They lived for the outdoors. They came home from school and hit the door running. They hated rainy days. Those were the only days they played video games or attempted to watch tv shows. I dont think they sat through an entire tv show until they were in the upper stages of elementary school. If they were that still, they fell asleep. They scoured the woods and built forts, climbed trees and jumped out of them. The road their bikes all through the woods. They went fishing on the river we have near us. Sometimes they went hunting together for squirrels or rabbits. They were boys. That could have never happened in a city and they would have gone absolutely ape. [/QUOTE]
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