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Originally Posted by EE-BO
Short and sweet- and the right answer I think.
I think one thing that gets lost here is the guilt that the attacking kids will feel when they do far more damage than they thought.
That is better handled at home than dumping them in a strange environment and making them feel abandoned. Tough love is still love- and parents do that better than the penal system.
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But it sounds like these kids do not have that parental direction... That guilt was not a factor in their minds when they acted out in rage and someone was hurt.
See, anger is a strong emotion. It makes one feel invincible, indestructible. One can have strength and energy from it--negative energy--but for the energy-less, it will do... The trick about anger though and acting on it, its energy can be dissipated RAPIDLY--it is a quick fix, a band-aid--a fast road to to perdition that never leads to peace and never to love. SLOW to anger... It is the person who can control that impulse that makes the difference...
The thing is it takes wisdom, sage, age, experiences, thoughtfulness, faith, hope and love...
I think folks, children, resort to anger and hate because they are easy emotions it is a primeval survival tactic. All of us have to be better than that...
As far as these kids, I had more fear of Mom than God... God was my savior. Mom, the disciplinarian. Dad on the other hand... All conversations were over when Dad got involved...