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This is great advice..thanks. Needed to hear that there is hope. I understand the issues wrt male maturity vs age. We're all different...but there are "social norms" ...as much as I dislike that term. I joined the Navy as an officer at 23 years old...but I was ready to do that. We're all different in terms of what we're capable of. In hindsight, there were some things I truly wasn't ready for at that age tho....But as far as my son goes, my hope for him is that he will have enough of the "right stuff" to manage himself through at least a somewhat happy life independent of mom and I. Right now..its nearly impossible for me to see that. But like you said....he's going to have to run into some serious walls for himself.