I’m encouraging my 7 yo son to become an ice cream taster or play tennis or any other softie thing I can think of. He says he wants to be a Navy Seal, but mom says NO! He says he’ll bring me home souvenirs. I tell him I only want him to bring home HIM!
Oh boy are you going to get an earful. And rightly so.
My commie lib ex had me take my son to see “Saving Private Ryan” so that he could see the horror of war. That was ten years ago and he grew up with little influence from me. Well, he’s getting into the SEAL program now.
When I was about 8, I decided I would be in the Green Berets, my dad even brought me home a real Green Beret, that fit me, from a friend of his in Vietnam. I did join the service but dad talked me out of the Army, he was Airborne in the Korean war....;)
I ask my 3.5 year old all the time if he wants to be a Marine or a Soldier when he grows up....
He usually replies a Garbage Truck Driver.....
Cookie - do you see a common thread between your son’s ambition and your tag line?
And without sending a blood sample off to these quacks, I'd bet a steak dinner he's got the 'warrior gene'. He sure as heck has the 'obnoxious 18-year-old teenage boy' gene.
We kept him out of trouble (mostly) by letting him think it was his idea to join the Navy Sea Cadets -- which by the way is an excellent program for rowdy, active, risk-taking boys.
If he's on schedule, he met his DI today at Parris Island.
He was standing in the yellow footprints Monday evening.
You can't really discourage them if that's what they want to do, they'll find a way.
Are you a liberal?
I fully agree.
When TSHTF I will turn first to ice cream tasters and tennis boys for leadership as regards survival.
They will be in the best position to survive.
Oh.. wait.....
Further evidence that women vote differently than men.
Women, generally, are more likely than men to trade freedom away for security.
You’re joking, right?