how can i tell my parents that i want to join the military?

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kathy

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i try to talk to them about it but they alays walk away from me...
especually my mom shes not supportin me and its sad.
so how can i make them listen to me?
 
Sit down with them and say these are the reason I want to join the military....

Be prepared to listen to why they don't agree with it.

You can have a recruiter come to your house. Check the branch website you are interested in joining. I know the Army has a parent section not sure about the other branches.

If not when you turn 18 it is your life. The will come around eventually.
 
Present the facts straight up to them. Let them know how much you want to enroll in the military and how it would be good for you. If they say: "Give us some time to think about it" Then let them. Nobody ever said that asking parents was easy.
 
When I joined the Army two years ago I was in a really rough situation financially. My then boyfriend (now my husband) was in Iraq. I was a full time college student at the time but my parents had cut me off financially and it got to a point where I was pretty much on my own paying for school. Well how is a 19 year old supposed to pay for $12,000 a year tuition on her own?? Not to mention I already had at least $10,000 in student loans. I basically explained to my mom that my education was the most important thing in the world to me, and now that it might be taken away from me I am considering joining the Army to help secure my future. And if you aren't planning on going to college you can always choose a career path you can use outside of the army, such as Pharmacy Technician, you can be an xray tech, a human resources specialist. These are all jobs you can easily get outside the army. So there's 2 factors, money for college which has helped me out tremendously, and job oppurtunities. My last and final most important decision for joining the Army, I seriously sat back and thought about what have I ever done to give back to my community, my country. I couldn't really come up for an answer and I just felt really selfish to be at home enjoying my life while my boyfriend was in Iraq doing something positive. I didn't just want to end up being another Army wife stuck at home having babies for the rest of my life (not saying they are all like that) but in a way I wanted something greater for myself, I wanted to become a part of something greater, honorable. And those are just a few of the reasons why I explained to my parents why I wanted to join the army :)
 
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