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<blockquote data-quote="Cheerwyn" data-source="post: 722662" data-attributes="member: 12395"><p>I don't post here very often, but I am so sorry it is not working out as you had hoped ksm.</p><p></p><p>Ont thing that jumped out at me about your post was that one of the recruiters was able to tell you that your daughter had disclosed drug use. She is over 18 years old. Why on earth would they disclose something so confidential to you?</p><p></p><p>It may be that your daughter gave consent for you to have access to that information, but it brings up an even greater question. If you are going to shoulder the role of parent to your daughter when she is an adult, when will she begin to take responsibility for her own life?</p><p></p><p>This may sound cliche, but remember in the movie "An Officer and A Gentleman" when the DI is pushing Richard Gere's character to make him want to quit? He asks him "why won't you quit?" And Richard Gere says "Because I ain't got nowhere else to go." He knows that the Navy is his last and only resort.</p><p></p><p>Here, your daughter strung you along for months with "will she or won't she" managed to lose her driver's license and had to pretty much be led by her hand to show up for basic training. It is no surprise that she is going to drop out. She knows she always has somewhere else to go.</p><p></p><p>I know this sounds harsh, but I hate to see you be posting here in two years with the very same issues with your daughter.</p><p></p><p>What is she going to learn from this fiasco?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cheerwyn, post: 722662, member: 12395"] I don't post here very often, but I am so sorry it is not working out as you had hoped ksm. Ont thing that jumped out at me about your post was that one of the recruiters was able to tell you that your daughter had disclosed drug use. She is over 18 years old. Why on earth would they disclose something so confidential to you? It may be that your daughter gave consent for you to have access to that information, but it brings up an even greater question. If you are going to shoulder the role of parent to your daughter when she is an adult, when will she begin to take responsibility for her own life? This may sound cliche, but remember in the movie "An Officer and A Gentleman" when the DI is pushing Richard Gere's character to make him want to quit? He asks him "why won't you quit?" And Richard Gere says "Because I ain't got nowhere else to go." He knows that the Navy is his last and only resort. Here, your daughter strung you along for months with "will she or won't she" managed to lose her driver's license and had to pretty much be led by her hand to show up for basic training. It is no surprise that she is going to drop out. She knows she always has somewhere else to go. I know this sounds harsh, but I hate to see you be posting here in two years with the very same issues with your daughter. What is she going to learn from this fiasco? [/QUOTE]
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