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Son went to Jail and it is about time
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 503148" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I applaud you and think you did the exactly right thing because if you hadnt done it now you would be doing it next month or next year or two years from now or you would be seeing it happen at the hands of someone else. We need to take a hard stand with these kids that no does mean no. Yes we will provide treatment and help for them but we wont be their doormats. The world isnt going to allow bad behavior and parents do them no favors letting them think it will. </p><p></p><p>I hope your son gets enough of a nasty wake up call so he wont ever want to go back to jail again. For my son, when they sent him to juvy, it was only for 5 days and it was a cake walk. They did nothing but watch TV, read and play cards all day. That didnt scare him a bit. However, he did slow down until he became an adult but then I had to eventually call the cops over and over again and finally I did charge him myself with forging checks. That whole time was no picnic but he has learned from it (it appears) and I do think we are seeing a turn around. His life will never be what it could have been but those were his choices and he knows it. He will tell anyone that I did the right thing in turning him in. I didnt break the law, he did. And yes, he is still my baby boy and loves me to death. Everyone teases him about having baby boy syndrome. We are praying that the things we did at 21 will keep him from a lifetime in prison. I hope that what you just did keep your son from a lifetime in prison.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 503148, member: 1514"] I applaud you and think you did the exactly right thing because if you hadnt done it now you would be doing it next month or next year or two years from now or you would be seeing it happen at the hands of someone else. We need to take a hard stand with these kids that no does mean no. Yes we will provide treatment and help for them but we wont be their doormats. The world isnt going to allow bad behavior and parents do them no favors letting them think it will. I hope your son gets enough of a nasty wake up call so he wont ever want to go back to jail again. For my son, when they sent him to juvy, it was only for 5 days and it was a cake walk. They did nothing but watch TV, read and play cards all day. That didnt scare him a bit. However, he did slow down until he became an adult but then I had to eventually call the cops over and over again and finally I did charge him myself with forging checks. That whole time was no picnic but he has learned from it (it appears) and I do think we are seeing a turn around. His life will never be what it could have been but those were his choices and he knows it. He will tell anyone that I did the right thing in turning him in. I didnt break the law, he did. And yes, he is still my baby boy and loves me to death. Everyone teases him about having baby boy syndrome. We are praying that the things we did at 21 will keep him from a lifetime in prison. I hope that what you just did keep your son from a lifetime in prison. [/QUOTE]
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