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Keeping Kids in the Home and out of the System: Raising Law Abiding Children

Keeping Kids in the Home and out of the System: Raising Law Abiding Children

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General ParentingSelf-Help

ISBN10: 1984513664
ISBN13: 9781984513663
Publisher: Xlibris Corp
Published: May 1 2018
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Studieshaveconsistentlyconcludedthatmanypersonalitydisordersandmoreseriousmentaldisordersarebelievedtobethe resultof dysfunctionalfamilyrelationships, andvery oftenstemfromtheparent-childrelationship.Thismakessense, childreninitially learnimportantbehaviorsfromtheirfamiliesoforigin. Forexample, parentsarethefirstonestosocialize theirchildsotheycanteachtheirchildrensocialize andtosaypleaseandthankyou, taketurns, be patientetc.Theprimarypurposeofthisbookisto assurethatparentshavetheinformationtheyneed toproperlyraisechildrenwhohavetheskillsnecessary tobesuccessfuladultsandnotendupintheCriminal JusticeSystem.Bythetimeyouthendupinthe juvenilejusticesystem, itmaybetoolate.Theybecomelabelledanoffenderormaybeevenapredator.That labelgivessocietytherighttolocktheyouthup duringwhichtimetheywillbetraumatized. Sometimeswell-meaning, uninformed, andfrustratedparents perpetuatetheirchildrenenteringthecriminaljustice systemandevenofchildservingagenciessuchas socialservices.Whenparentsarefacedwithchildren whoareincorrigible, at-risk, ortheparentisunabletocareforthechilddue totheirownpersonalproblems, someparentswill welcometheinterventionofthecriminaljusticesystem forsupport.Aftertheirchildhasbeentakenintocustody, Ihavehadparentstellme, youraisemychildbecauseI cannotdoit.Someparentsbelievethathavingaccess toaprobationofficerwithabadgeandpowersofarrest, givesthemthereliefandrespitetheyneededtoaddress theirchildsdestructivebehavior.Mythreedecadesof experienceworkingwithyouthandparentsinthe criminaljusticerevealedthat, inmostcases, probationandsocialservicesinterventiondonotmakeyouthbetter. Converselyformostyouth, theirexperiencewith socialservicesandprobationdepartmentshas resultedinongoingdelinquencyandtheyouth transitioningintotheadultCriminalJusticeSystem. However, goodparentingisthegatekeepertothe criminaljusticesystem.

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