tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post597271162165368048..comments2024-02-29T13:58:50.507-06:00Comments on blogaway: Sunday Scribblings--Punishment and Crime #2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-26312449210778528042007-03-13T02:46:00.000-05:002007-03-13T02:46:00.000-05:00This brings to mind a "Hayley story." I won't go i...This brings to mind a "Hayley story." I won't go into detail here (she doesn't know that I know about it), but perhaps will share it with you sometime.Kathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106247783348939293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-51109381129652180992006-12-11T08:12:00.000-06:002006-12-11T08:12:00.000-06:00These comments are all wonderful. I'd like to tak...These comments are all wonderful. I'd like to take the time to respond more later when I don't have two kids to get to school and work awaiting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-62840714281333250292006-12-11T07:26:00.000-06:002006-12-11T07:26:00.000-06:00I've read some of the other essays for Sunday Scri...I've read some of the other essays for Sunday Scribblings, too. I'd like to suggest a book ~ maybe you've already read it, being in your feild ~ Punished By Rewards by Alfie Kohn? I worked for three years managing a group home for teenage boys and also doing "behavioral counseling". I could go on and on but I think this book will resonate for you. Let me know if you check it out.m.m.crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766156345359910160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-86614613734316125332006-12-11T04:18:00.000-06:002006-12-11T04:18:00.000-06:00I know you are a mental health specialist, but I a...I know you are a mental health specialist, but I am pretty sure bipolar is rare in adolescents. (Bipolar tendencies usually manifest in a person's 20s.- I have a vested interest in protecting the term bipolar from being used to describe violent people- sorry,I'm not a mental health professional, but I've been studying darn near everything written on this particular subject for the last 20 years). <br /><br />I was wondering- I always thought that these kids going in and shooting at random- or shooting large numbers of kids pretty much at random- was a white middle class phenomenon and that when there have been instances of African American children shooting at school, they are out for a target and don't shoot themselves in the end? (I know there was the Native American kid a few years ago- but that's not related to the black/white racism you're talking about- and it did get publicity, even here). Just wondering - in all sincerity. I get all this info from a pretty significant distance :-)ren powell https://www.blogger.com/profile/15593358547415514500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-10805892329213145962006-12-10T23:57:00.000-06:002006-12-10T23:57:00.000-06:00Children are children and should be treated as suc...Children are children and should be treated as such, especially by the courts when handing out punishments. Most times, being handcuffed and removed from school is enough to embarass or deter the behaviour that got the kid in trouble in the first place. The courts should allow for increased, focused tutoring of these children to learn which behaviours should be tolerated etc. Great blog.Debo Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870178701012520680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-89335846068368842006-12-10T22:18:00.000-06:002006-12-10T22:18:00.000-06:00bMy daughter was diagnosed first with depression, ...bMy daughter was diagnosed first with depression, that led into bi polar disorder, which led into schizophrenia and of course that led into MEDICATIONS. This started when she was 14 and by the time she was 15 she weighed 210 pounds and was a zombie bent on killing me. Can you believe I was working for Children Services and no one would help me. The last hospitalization I was told she couldn't come home with me because she tried to kill me. But she came home and I promptly gave her the one thing that everyone was so quick to take away. It was her ability to make her own decisions. She moved out my home at 15, we rented her an apartment, she got a job, quit school, and I was with her all the way. Then I weaned her off of her medications. I was turned in for medically neglecting her but nothing came of it. At 16 she enrolled in back in school. I didn't know until the school called me. I think they were still afraid of her. She graduated at 17 years 6 months of age. She packed her bags and moved away from her home town. She is currently enrolled in college, works, and she is learning to accept the person she is and she is finding out that she is a pretty neat person. Oh she weighs 120 pounds. How did I learn to trust her again and visa versa? I taught her how to drive a car. A child needs parents or a parent even when she thinks she is in control. Sometimes parents have to take risks and let the child take a leap. I monitored her carefully and was always available for her and I am still am. Truthfully she is an awesome person and I am so proud of her.Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072562789743568793noreply@blogger.com