Refresher: Should My Son Go to Military School?

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Heather is a single mom who says her son needs to course-correct, and she wonders if military school is the best option. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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1:17.2	Heather, welcome to the program.
1:20.7	Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call.
1:23.6	Thank you.
1:24.7	I'm calling to get your opinion or perspective about sending my junior, he'll be a junior this fall to military school for his junior and senior year.
1:35.4	I'm a single mom and it's my only child.
1:38.2	The point of that would be.
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