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Why Do difficult children Get So Many Chances?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 350108" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Well...chances really bite them in the tookas. Cory was the king of chances. In 8th grade he skipped 88 days and I confidently told him at home that the result of that was he was going to be doing 8th grade again. Imagine my surprise when they informed me that he had been "placed" into 9th grade! I was livid. Just how does one miss over half a school year and go on to the next grade? Oh...and those were the number of days he skipped...not counting his excused absences! </p><p></p><p>Then there was all the non-work that went on in his BED classes. I always said they named them right. He might as well have slept through them. The grand finale was when we got called into the principal's office 6 months before he turned 16 and they informed me that he was being suspended for calling his gym teacher a name and that if I would just take him home and never come back they wouldnt inform the authorities. He could quit school at 15 and we wouldnt be in trouble for truancy! This was his second try at 9th grade. Oh gee thanks. I gave up. </p><p></p><p>So he learned there were no consequences. He always got his way out. </p><p></p><p>Enter big boy court. He got taken in, he smiled, got a slap on the wrist, told not to do it again, be a good boy. Over and over again. </p><p></p><p>Till I stepped in and charged him for stealing from me. Enter superior court. It wasnt funny anymore. There were real consequences. It was a real judge who wasnt laughing anymore. His record preceded him. Now he has felonies. He has Intensive Probation with time in jail. He was on house arrest. He has the threat of prison if he doesnt comply. He has to pay fines and restitution. Life isnt so funny anymore. </p><p></p><p>Consequences caught up. His chances ran out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 350108, member: 1514"] Well...chances really bite them in the tookas. Cory was the king of chances. In 8th grade he skipped 88 days and I confidently told him at home that the result of that was he was going to be doing 8th grade again. Imagine my surprise when they informed me that he had been "placed" into 9th grade! I was livid. Just how does one miss over half a school year and go on to the next grade? Oh...and those were the number of days he skipped...not counting his excused absences! Then there was all the non-work that went on in his BED classes. I always said they named them right. He might as well have slept through them. The grand finale was when we got called into the principal's office 6 months before he turned 16 and they informed me that he was being suspended for calling his gym teacher a name and that if I would just take him home and never come back they wouldnt inform the authorities. He could quit school at 15 and we wouldnt be in trouble for truancy! This was his second try at 9th grade. Oh gee thanks. I gave up. So he learned there were no consequences. He always got his way out. Enter big boy court. He got taken in, he smiled, got a slap on the wrist, told not to do it again, be a good boy. Over and over again. Till I stepped in and charged him for stealing from me. Enter superior court. It wasnt funny anymore. There were real consequences. It was a real judge who wasnt laughing anymore. His record preceded him. Now he has felonies. He has Intensive Probation with time in jail. He was on house arrest. He has the threat of prison if he doesnt comply. He has to pay fines and restitution. Life isnt so funny anymore. Consequences caught up. His chances ran out. [/QUOTE]
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