“If I got the opportunity to go and sit with just one of them my question would be why,” Daphine Jack said.“I have to take a breath on that one. Because all you can think about at 14 was that ninth grade and 16, 11th grade, maybe becoming a senior. Now the rest of their life is ruined by making a decision. You just never know what that child is going through until you see their background. Peer pressure. One or two of those guys might have been influenced by just one of them.
What is some advice for parents or grandparents if they see that their child is kind of going down this bad path? What can they do? Is there anything they can say? “These kids are different these days. It’s a whole new breed of children. And it’s like being able to have a dialogue, talking to them. Have a dialogue talking to them. You know, and then you might get something that says, I don’t feel like talking. Well, when they say that, you need to dig a little deeper.
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