<p>I don’t understand kids who allow their parents to dictate their future. They’re 18 and should take their lives in their own hands. </p>
<p>I joined the military despite my mother’s objections, which if I say so myself, wasn’t an easy feat. I wasn’t exactly a hard charger or a kid with a can-do-anything mindset, but I still had a spine and some self confidence. So if I can make a decision that is life changing and very, very serious, why can’t these kids do the same? This is 4 years of their lives they’re allowing someone else to determine. What the f’ing hell? There’s no way I would’ve allowed a recruiter to change the branch of service I wanted to join, and yet, these kids let their mommies and daddies to change their preferred school of choice? Wow. What’s next? They’re going to let some homeless man pressure them into changing into a pair of lacy panties and give them a lapdance? Grow a freaking spine.</p>