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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 320149" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>thank you! difficult child knows I'm supposed to hear about the job very soon so he is calling almost every night. LOL! I guess part of that is because they canceled visitation the last 2 weeks due to the flu, too.</p><p></p><p>I would have asked the director to just let difficult child keep the parole requirement if I'd thought it help keep him on a good path but I can't see that probation ever helped with anything- which is a shame because it seemed like tax payers dollars down the tuubes to me. I still agree that difficult child could really use a good mentor but if we go to HI, I'm thinking maybe I can arrange or find some military person to do that- maybe if difficult child stays in JROTC we can arrange it thru that. He is gun-ho on the army right now. I'm suggesting the marine corps instead but shoot, the army is better than prison so I won't fight that too much. LOL! He's afraid he can't get in the marine corps, but I'm thinking if he can stay off medications and out of trouble, and stays in JROTC, he can get a waiver.</p><p></p><p>And I'm reminding hiim that his mind can change over the next few years, too, so not to close any doors to any opportunity. He says he wants to get a bachelor's degree, go in the military as an officer, then maybe get out and work and go to school to get a higher degree part time. Geez.... I just want him to keep decent grades in high school so he can get into a college if he wants to at some point. But, I told him that if he is in ROTC in college, he can go into the military afterwards and have that education paid for and be an officer- it's not a bad deal at all.</p><p></p><p>Also, I don't want him "locking" into the military just yet because he might need to go back on medications and if it turns out that he is BiPolar (BP) and has to have them, I think any branch of the military is out. I don't want him to be crushed if that happens. Maybe I should remind him that everyone needs a Plan B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 320149, member: 3699"] thank you! difficult child knows I'm supposed to hear about the job very soon so he is calling almost every night. LOL! I guess part of that is because they canceled visitation the last 2 weeks due to the flu, too. I would have asked the director to just let difficult child keep the parole requirement if I'd thought it help keep him on a good path but I can't see that probation ever helped with anything- which is a shame because it seemed like tax payers dollars down the tuubes to me. I still agree that difficult child could really use a good mentor but if we go to HI, I'm thinking maybe I can arrange or find some military person to do that- maybe if difficult child stays in JROTC we can arrange it thru that. He is gun-ho on the army right now. I'm suggesting the marine corps instead but shoot, the army is better than prison so I won't fight that too much. LOL! He's afraid he can't get in the marine corps, but I'm thinking if he can stay off medications and out of trouble, and stays in JROTC, he can get a waiver. And I'm reminding hiim that his mind can change over the next few years, too, so not to close any doors to any opportunity. He says he wants to get a bachelor's degree, go in the military as an officer, then maybe get out and work and go to school to get a higher degree part time. Geez.... I just want him to keep decent grades in high school so he can get into a college if he wants to at some point. But, I told him that if he is in ROTC in college, he can go into the military afterwards and have that education paid for and be an officer- it's not a bad deal at all. Also, I don't want him "locking" into the military just yet because he might need to go back on medications and if it turns out that he is BiPolar (BP) and has to have them, I think any branch of the military is out. I don't want him to be crushed if that happens. Maybe I should remind him that everyone needs a Plan B. [/QUOTE]
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