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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 650244" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>Dont even try. When I first started working in Corrections I spent a HUGE amount of time trying to figure out why. Why do something that costs your freedom, why do something while incarcerated that could cost you your limited fun or increase your sentence? I had to give up trying because it was making me insane.</p><p></p><p>Our difficult children are very similar to convicted felons. As a matter of fact, a high percentage of convicted felons are more than likely what we would consider difficult children. The fact of the matter is, the only way to understand them is to be them. I can't begin to comprehend why someone would sell drugs instead of get a job and even if I were to end up in prison, it would probably be for defending my family a little too vigorously or something like that. I still wouldnt get it because it would be an isolated incident due to circumstances, not a consequences be damned spur of the moment decision which is so often how our children decide things. I would have thought out the risk, weighed it against the reward, and made my decision based on that information.</p><p></p><p>The point is, you're spitting in the wind trying to find logic in the illogical, impose logical thinking on a completely illogical set of circumstances. You will only cause yourself stress by doing it. Practice detachment and protect yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 650244, member: 18238"] Dont even try. When I first started working in Corrections I spent a HUGE amount of time trying to figure out why. Why do something that costs your freedom, why do something while incarcerated that could cost you your limited fun or increase your sentence? I had to give up trying because it was making me insane. Our difficult children are very similar to convicted felons. As a matter of fact, a high percentage of convicted felons are more than likely what we would consider difficult children. The fact of the matter is, the only way to understand them is to be them. I can't begin to comprehend why someone would sell drugs instead of get a job and even if I were to end up in prison, it would probably be for defending my family a little too vigorously or something like that. I still wouldnt get it because it would be an isolated incident due to circumstances, not a consequences be damned spur of the moment decision which is so often how our children decide things. I would have thought out the risk, weighed it against the reward, and made my decision based on that information. The point is, you're spitting in the wind trying to find logic in the illogical, impose logical thinking on a completely illogical set of circumstances. You will only cause yourself stress by doing it. Practice detachment and protect yourself. [/QUOTE]
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