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And I'm a wreck again. (kinda long)
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 676196" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Tymica, It is so hard when they are incarcerated, especially around the holidays (been there done that) Admitting and being sorry for his wrong doings is a big step. With some boys, it takes a while for their emotional age to catch up with their actual age. Have been a member of the board for a long time and with lots of the boys around the time I joined, it was just a waiting game, somewhere around the age of their mid 20's. Some of them just need to learn the hard way. I did everything I could do to keep mine in school and still he quit at 18. He finally realized he would get no where without at least a GED and put his mind to completing that task. I visited him everytime he was jailed (prior to 18) just to keep a connection with him. But that was my personal decision - no one else in the family would go. One of his thugy friends told him "Dude, jail is horrible. Its like you died - you have no one that cares" For some reason, this struck a chord with him (nothing I was saying made any impact) I am not saying we didn't have blimps along the way, still have them. But now he is a lot more accountable that he ever was. Keep the life line going, whether in person or via letters. He will get it eventually.</p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 676196, member: 47"] Tymica, It is so hard when they are incarcerated, especially around the holidays (been there done that) Admitting and being sorry for his wrong doings is a big step. With some boys, it takes a while for their emotional age to catch up with their actual age. Have been a member of the board for a long time and with lots of the boys around the time I joined, it was just a waiting game, somewhere around the age of their mid 20's. Some of them just need to learn the hard way. I did everything I could do to keep mine in school and still he quit at 18. He finally realized he would get no where without at least a GED and put his mind to completing that task. I visited him everytime he was jailed (prior to 18) just to keep a connection with him. But that was my personal decision - no one else in the family would go. One of his thugy friends told him "Dude, jail is horrible. Its like you died - you have no one that cares" For some reason, this struck a chord with him (nothing I was saying made any impact) I am not saying we didn't have blimps along the way, still have them. But now he is a lot more accountable that he ever was. Keep the life line going, whether in person or via letters. He will get it eventually. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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