Hi,
I'm a long time reader and I would like to thank all of you for the information and experience you share here.
I'm posting to ask for some advice concerning a crisis we are currently facing due to our son's choices.
A little background: my son is a senior who was recently accepted at several wonderful colleges, including an Ivy. He attends an excellent private school, got wonderful test scores, holds leadership positions in several clubs (Debate Team, Asian Students' Club, and the school newspaper). He has also participated in several academically selective summer programs.
After all this hard work, and great achievements... he has told his father and I that he doesn't want to go to college next year. Instead, he... wants to join the Marines. I don't get it. We talked to him a lot about what a dangerous choice this is and about wasting and throwing away everything he's worked for for the past four years. We both agree that if he wants to take a bit of a break, we would not have a problem with him taking a gap year. But he said he doesn't want to do that. No, he wants to join the Marines. "College will still be there when I get discharged".
What do I do when my son is determined to throw his life away? He has recently turned 18 and legally, there's nothing we can do to stop him.
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