ok a little background ds was outside playing with the neighbor kids in our backyard ds is 7 neighbor boy is 6 and his sister is 9.. well dh came home from trap shooting league and took his gun out of the trunk of the car to put back in the safe and the kids asked ds was that a gun and he said yes my dad goes trap shooting.. the boy says yeh my dad is a jail bird been there a couple times for guns.. what the heck i knew he had a little alcohol problem since their mother told me(they are divorced he lives somewhere else and she is remarrying) but man that kinda of shocked me so then i had to explain to my kids about that.. just did not think i would here that... crazy.
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That's sad. I still remember a girl in my Kindergarten class whose father was in jail! I can't remember the names of anyone else (this was 40 years ago!) but I can remember her first and last names just because of this. It really does follow the kids. Very sad.
That's sad. I still remember a girl in my Kindergarten class whose father was in jail! I can't remember the names of anyone else (this was 40 years ago!) but I can remember her first and last names just because of this. It really does follow the kids. Very sad.
i can tell it affectst the little boy he drives me nuts with some of his behavior but i always stop myself and remember he lived with an alcholic for sometime.. i just make sure i lay out the rules every time they come over and that seems to be helping..
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I think it's so sad what adult things kids learn and know about at such early ages. My DS' first grade class toured the local jail a couple years ago and one of his classmates was telling how that's where they went to get his mom before and knew all about the place. I thought that was so sad.
It is sad when it is a normal part of a child's life. I know, when I worked at the kindergarten building a few years back, that at one point there were 3 kids that had at least one parent in jail - and one of those kids had both parents in jail. I wish parents would think about some of their actions when there is children involved.
neighbor boy told ds his dad is a jailbird.
what the heck i knew he had a little alcohol problem since their mother told me(they are divorced he lives somewhere else and she is remarrying) but man that kinda of shocked me so then i had to explain to my kids about that.. just did not think i would here that... crazy.
That's sad. I still remember a girl in my Kindergarten class whose father was in jail! I can't remember the names of anyone else (this was 40 years ago!) but I can remember her first and last names just because of this. It really does follow the kids. Very sad.
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