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difficult child at PRTC doing very badly..
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 74457" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>My son was put in a PRTF that was locked. It was the first time he didnt have the ability to walk out the door and leave when he got fed up with staff and the rules. He hated it and tried every form of manipulation in the first few months known to mankind. </p><p></p><p>Oh the staff were mean, the food was awful, he was losing weight, he was going to come out worse than when he went in...blah blah blah. I simply told him that was his choice. He went there because he had problems he needed to work on. It was the first time he had to be accountable for his actions and not us. </p><p></p><p>Normally, in the real world, punishments really fall on the parents. If schools suspend kids, it leaves parents in the lurch. If juvenile courts fine kids or put them on probation, it ends up the parents who have to monitor them and go through more stress than the kids. When in a locked facility its the kid who deals first hand with the consequences for his/her actions. Mess up, lose levels and deal with it. Really act out and get put in the time out room. Not the parents! It really had an effect on my kid...at least for a time.</p><p></p><p>Its why I think jail has had an effect on my son now...at least for the short while again. We shall see for how long this time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 74457, member: 1514"] My son was put in a PRTF that was locked. It was the first time he didnt have the ability to walk out the door and leave when he got fed up with staff and the rules. He hated it and tried every form of manipulation in the first few months known to mankind. Oh the staff were mean, the food was awful, he was losing weight, he was going to come out worse than when he went in...blah blah blah. I simply told him that was his choice. He went there because he had problems he needed to work on. It was the first time he had to be accountable for his actions and not us. Normally, in the real world, punishments really fall on the parents. If schools suspend kids, it leaves parents in the lurch. If juvenile courts fine kids or put them on probation, it ends up the parents who have to monitor them and go through more stress than the kids. When in a locked facility its the kid who deals first hand with the consequences for his/her actions. Mess up, lose levels and deal with it. Really act out and get put in the time out room. Not the parents! It really had an effect on my kid...at least for a time. Its why I think jail has had an effect on my son now...at least for the short while again. We shall see for how long this time. [/QUOTE]
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