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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 759674" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I agree with Overcome Mom. Jail and prison are NOT the kinds of fun that anybody should look for. All of the things O.M says are true.</p><p></p><p>I got the idea that it could be fun for a lot of the guys, because THEY TOLD ME. From the point of view of immature, wild, idiotic young men...they can make it fun. (This is not to gloss over the horrors of it, that overcome mom aptly points out.)</p><p></p><p>For a long while, I worked in a reception center doing preliminary mental health screenings, among other things. I could see 40 men each morning. I saw slews and slews of prisoners in their 20's and then at about 29 or so, a huge dropoff. When men in their mid 30's, parole violators or those with new beefs, would come back, I would ask them, how did you stay out? <em>It wasn't fun anymore </em>they would say. The brains of many males don't even begin to mature until 29 or 30. I count my own son among them.</p><p></p><p>I have this tendency to be optimistic about everything...<strong>that we can't get out of</strong>. I think a positive attitude helps us survive, even thrive in adversity. I don't want this Mom to be afraid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 759674, member: 18958"] I agree with Overcome Mom. Jail and prison are NOT the kinds of fun that anybody should look for. All of the things O.M says are true. I got the idea that it could be fun for a lot of the guys, because THEY TOLD ME. From the point of view of immature, wild, idiotic young men...they can make it fun. (This is not to gloss over the horrors of it, that overcome mom aptly points out.) For a long while, I worked in a reception center doing preliminary mental health screenings, among other things. I could see 40 men each morning. I saw slews and slews of prisoners in their 20's and then at about 29 or so, a huge dropoff. When men in their mid 30's, parole violators or those with new beefs, would come back, I would ask them, how did you stay out? [I]It wasn't fun anymore [/I]they would say. The brains of many males don't even begin to mature until 29 or 30. I count my own son among them. I have this tendency to be optimistic about everything...[B]that we can't get out of[/B]. I think a positive attitude helps us survive, even thrive in adversity. I don't want this Mom to be afraid. [/QUOTE]
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