Brad,
I've never really pushed the college route with chris either, but I know
that he can do better academicly and I had  wanted him to do that for
himself, not for scholarships or anything.  Chris's lack of effort says
more about his unwillingness to push himself than his lack of ability to
achieve.  Chris is a scrapper too.  He'll find a way to make it somehow.
He dabbles with thoughts of going into the army or guard.  His latest
though is to become a robotics engineer, so who knows.  As I had said
before and you affirmed in your last post, it's the relationship that's
the thing.  At least while we are still in his life, we can still have
influance  If I just push to have him do things my way I'll just lose
him.  .
After all, growing up is learning how to learn from your mistakes and
growing up for parents is learning to back off and let them make them,
mistakes that is.
Kathy

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