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It's A New Week, Mikey...How's It Going?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ephchap" data-source="post: 61438" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Mikey,</p><p></p><p>No - no booting. I just want to share this with you, and you might want to share with your wife ...</p><p></p><p>My son was actually younger than your son when he hit the bottom. He turned 17 in May, and it was now June, so he was barely 17 by a month. Your son is almost 18, so is much closer to the adult court system.</p><p></p><p>He was arrested and charged with a felony - an adult felony - and it is on his record forever. They didn't care that he had just turned 17. It was just the way it was.</p><p></p><p>Does your wife want to wait until your son is arrested and charged with a felony as an adult? Trust me. His life will never be the same.</p><p></p><p>Not only can one not get a job because they have a felony on their record (and trust me, when they say they won't discriminate, they are lying. They do, and they don't care that my son was barely 17 and in any other state, it would have been sealed under juvie protection), but that felony follows him everywhere. </p><p></p><p>He lied and answered no on the felony question where he works as a waiter/bartender. He's worked there since they opened 5 years ago. They've been talking to him about moving up to assistant manager or something. He keeps telling them he's not interested. You see, he's now stuck. If they promote him, they will do a background check and he will not only not get the promotion, but will be fired for having lied on the app 5 years ago. It's a vicious cycle.</p><p></p><p>My son is trying to move into an apartment. They did a background check. Yes, you guessed it. The felony came up. Again, they don't care that he was barely 17 - a kid who screwed up - and is now 23 and has worked the same job for 5 years, trying to make something of himself. They only know that he has a felony on his record, and they don't want to rent to him.</p><p></p><p>It's no wonder felons have such a hard time ever making something of themselves. The system won't let them. </p><p></p><p>My point is that waiting might make things worse. I think you know that ... but your wife might want to rethink things. Waiting might put a felony on your son's adult record, which will change his life forever.</p><p></p><p>Deb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ephchap, post: 61438, member: 27"] Mikey, No - no booting. I just want to share this with you, and you might want to share with your wife ... My son was actually younger than your son when he hit the bottom. He turned 17 in May, and it was now June, so he was barely 17 by a month. Your son is almost 18, so is much closer to the adult court system. He was arrested and charged with a felony - an adult felony - and it is on his record forever. They didn't care that he had just turned 17. It was just the way it was. Does your wife want to wait until your son is arrested and charged with a felony as an adult? Trust me. His life will never be the same. Not only can one not get a job because they have a felony on their record (and trust me, when they say they won't discriminate, they are lying. They do, and they don't care that my son was barely 17 and in any other state, it would have been sealed under juvie protection), but that felony follows him everywhere. He lied and answered no on the felony question where he works as a waiter/bartender. He's worked there since they opened 5 years ago. They've been talking to him about moving up to assistant manager or something. He keeps telling them he's not interested. You see, he's now stuck. If they promote him, they will do a background check and he will not only not get the promotion, but will be fired for having lied on the app 5 years ago. It's a vicious cycle. My son is trying to move into an apartment. They did a background check. Yes, you guessed it. The felony came up. Again, they don't care that he was barely 17 - a kid who screwed up - and is now 23 and has worked the same job for 5 years, trying to make something of himself. They only know that he has a felony on his record, and they don't want to rent to him. It's no wonder felons have such a hard time ever making something of themselves. The system won't let them. My point is that waiting might make things worse. I think you know that ... but your wife might want to rethink things. Waiting might put a felony on your son's adult record, which will change his life forever. Deb [/QUOTE]
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