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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

10. At 18, they are adults. They can make their own decisions.

Reply to Jim Dandy (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:20 AM

Nov 2017

I enlisted in the USAF in 1965, when I was still just 19. My parents did not want me to do that, but I was old enough to decide for myself, so I did. It was a good decision for me at the time.

I think you can advise your children, but they will, in the end, do as they think best.

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Would You Allow Your Kids To Join The Military Knowing There Is A Traitor In The White House? [View all] Jim Dandy Nov 2017 OP

it's their choice . you can give them advice but in the end you just support whatever JI7 Nov 2017 #1

Exactly. NickB79 Nov 2017 #9

I would say no sarah FAILIN Nov 2017 #2

Not only no, fuck no. Hes a joke and has no inclination of the gravity of that kind of decision. onecaliberal Nov 2017 #3

If I lived in Nazi Germany I wouldn't let my kids join. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #4

No. I was in in the 80s. Very different. rusty quoin Nov 2017 #5

Encourage them to do so? Hell no. Hekate Nov 2017 #6

No, to die for a Trump dictatorship? UCmeNdc Nov 2017 #7

No. My son is a Sr this year woodsprite Nov 2017 #8

At 18, they are adults. They can make their own decisions. MineralMan Nov 2017 #10

No. I've been discouraging my grandkids from joining for the last few years. Aristus Nov 2017 #11