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RDCs
Skooter64 posted:
"And no, my son didn't love his RDCs. It'll be interesting to see how he feels about them after he has been in the Navy for a while. I bet he'll figure out that they have done him a great service."
Or not.
My daughter had an RDC who had been particularly hard on her, pushing her to a total meltdown and laughing about it. Years later the former RDC wanted to "friend' her on Facebook . It didn't happen. The emotional scarring was still too painful.
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Comment by Cheryl(Anthony's mom) on April 15, 2014 at 8:22pm
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Out of everything I know my son will encounter that is the one thing that worries me the most. My son has been at boot camp 9 days now and of course I had not had communication from him yet. Can't sleep at night wondering how he is coping emotionally. Boy I will sure be glad when I can talk to him.
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Comment by NovaMom on April 15, 2014 at 10:38pm
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Cheryl I know what you mean. My son has been preparing physically and by studying everything in his START book. But how to prepare them for the emotional part? I keep telling him it's going to seem worse than it is because you'll be sleep deprived, but still.
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NovaMom yes that is hard. When is yours leaving for boot camp?
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July 28th, and my daughter moves out this summer too!
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That will be difficult for you. A lot in one year. I understand I had my daughter and grandson living with me and they just moved out a month ago and then my son left for boot camp shortly after. I have to say tho that I do enjoy my house staying clean longer and the noise level with my grandson gone is tremendously better. I still miss them tho. Anthony being in boot camp is by far the hardest for me tho. It's mostly just wondering what they are doing all the time and feeling helpless to help them. Writing letters truly helps.
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I agree, boot camp will be the hardest. The fact that we know how hard it will be, and we can't be in touch with them is nerve racking! I'm looking forward to the house being cleaner so I can have time to purge a few things.
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