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Originally Posted by RPKESQ
Excellent on your part. First class and you are a credit to fatherhood.
But disturbing that he went to you instead of his own father. Marine or not, he has not been able to connect with his child as all parents should be able to. No telling what problems exist in that relationship. Be forwarned.
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RPKESQ,
You are exactly right...all those thoughts crossed my mind. The key is his parents were aware of the brownie, not the two circumstances with smoking.
But then, I had a very similar experience and the thought of further disappointing my parents with more bad news was heart wrenching...a comment on my behavior not on our relationship.
We did talk about it. One of the things I told James was to never forget how his gut feels just thinking of telling his parents the real truth...use that as motivation for waving-off any further peer advances on what he knows is the right path.
Lastly, what I did was easy...James is doing the hard part.
The cool thing is my son has mentors, men he looks up to and would trust given similar circumstances.