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The Troubled Teen Industry / MTV Juvies
« on: February 09, 2007, 09:50:21 PM »Quote from: ""Guest""
Every kid should go through an experience like Juvies. Instead of getting summers off from school, many kids, if not all, would benefit from a brief stay (2-6 weeks) in a correctional facility with therapy and medications to help sort things out and do a self inventory. Spare the rod, spoil the child. If parents aren't willing to do something, the schools need to get involved. Juvies provides an excellent model, IMHO.
I watched last night, only the second half. One boy was in there for fighting. In this day and time you can't bully other kids. This boy got into a fight while locked up also, thus a 24 hour lock down for him. Another boy was caught smoking pot while driving (ran a stop sign). Again, illegal. So as an average upper middle class parent, this is the normal stuff that we parents start freaking out about. Your kid starts fighting all the time. This boy just didn't have one fight that landed him locked up. A juvi running a stop sign while a joint is going in the car. Both, they needed consequences. They got it. They both got out when they seen the Judge. I think a good lesson learned, what those boys do with that lesson will be entirely up to them.