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• GunNut Posts: 7,642 Senior Member

  September 2020 #2

  Thanks for helping get him back on the right road.  I hate when we lose kids to the no father parenting thing and he is at the most vulnerable age when it can go right or wrong forever in a single turn.  Good for you and may God guide your hand and words!

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• JerryBobCo Posts: 8,227 Senior Member

  September 2020 #3

  You're a good man, Jeff.  Good luck to both of you.

  Jerry
  
  Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.

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• Spk Posts: 4,840 Senior Member

  September 2020 #4

  Work hard play hard.
  
  Give the young man something to look forward to when he's done with the work and he won't view the experience as a negative. Hard work equals reward, that's always a good lesson to be learned young. Good for you Jeff, someone needs to help this kid if the father isn't in the picture. Good Hunting!
  
  

  Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain
  How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
  
  

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• Diver43 Posts: 12,775 Senior Member

  September 2020 #5

  Good One Jeff.  I hope it turns into a great learning experience for the young man.  

  Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5

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• Twinkle Posts: 174 Member

  September 2020 #6

  What a wonderful thing you are willing to do, Jeff!

  Several years ago, my brother and I were considering pursuing the establishment of a program in his very small Montana town to give at-risk youths a similar opportunity -- to get youngsters away from the more toxic parts of their lives and into some healthier activities.  It got as far as establishing a large community garden in which kids could do community service in the work of providing produce to local food banks.  It worked well for a while, until my brother, a recovering addict, started struggling anew with his addiction and eventually relapsed.

  I've never felt such a feeling of community as I felt there and was so impressed by the court system and correctional authorities who were willing to sentence youngsters to constructive work in lieu of incarcerating them.

  You go for it, Jeff!  You could be doing an amazing, life-changing service for this youngster and his mom!
  

  
  

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