My Dear friend wants to send her "troubled teen" away to military or boarding school

[Anonymous]

I know two people who did it for their troubled kids and it worked wonders.

[Anonymous]

One friend went there in HS. Sorted him out well. He came back for senior year, went to college, is now married, kids, good job.

[Anonymous]

OP I would absolutely do this.

[Anonymous]

The outcome depends on the situation and the kid. The only thing I can say about your post is that you don't seem like a "dear friend" to your dear friend, OP. You might want to work on you first before you start trying to remake your "dear friend."

[Anonymous]

Unless she’s asking for advice, don’t give any advice.

[Anonymous]

Your friend could try the Naval Sea Cadets as an alternative to military boarding school. It helped in redirecting my son. The boarding school was the next step, but thankfully the sea cadets was just enough. Good luck to your friend and her son.

[Anonymous]

Fork Union Military Academy

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on the school. I have two male friends who were sent to military school and they were pretty traumatized by the bullying and violence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The outcome depends on the situation and the kid. The only thing I can say about your post is that you don't seem like a "dear friend" to your dear friend, OP. You might want to work on you first before you start trying to remake your "dear friend."

NP. ??? Her post was fine. Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

He has good grades , smokes pot sometimes, and doesn’t get along with his mom. This doesn’t sound like someone who needs military camp.

[Anonymous]

Boys of single mothers do better in military school in their teens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys of single mothers do better in military school in their teens

What? I'm a single mother of a teen boy. After meeting some dads of my son's friends, my son is way better off with a single mother. The dads are total jerks and I'm not sure how their wives can stand them. My son is going off to college next year. He is a decent person because of my efforts, not some random military school.

[Anonymous]

Some friends of mine did this, and their ds finally straightened himself out and was able to go back to their home state and go to college after they finished boarding school. For some kids, it's a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys of single mothers do better in military school in their teens

What? I'm a single mother of a teen boy. After meeting some dads of my son's friends, my son is way better off with a single mother. The dads are total jerks and I'm not sure how their wives can stand them. My son is going off to college next year. He is a decent person because of my efforts, not some random military school.

With a personality like that, I'm surprised you're still single.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some friends of mine did this, and their ds finally straightened himself out and was able to go back to their home state and go to college after they finished boarding school. For some kids, it's a good thing.

It sounds dreadful + punitive.