How Not To Come Back To Juvenile Hall
For ten years I had a program at Juvenile Hall in San Diego called "BE a Winner In Life" I got to know these young people and asked them to help me save other kids. They wrote me letters and I wrote my second book "Letters From Juvenile Hall, Kids Helping Kids" So many kids keep coming back to Juvenile Hall and so I asked them why that was. Here are their answers. 1. The #1 reason kids come back to Juvenile Hall?
Break probation
Family Problems
Go back to same area and same friends
Didn’t learn to say no. 2. What are the biggest problems you face when you get out and how to overcome?
Finding jobs
Getting their education
Using Drugs
Being in the Gangs
Going back to the same environment 3. What things would help you so you won’t come back?
Go to Church
Help from family
Get a job 4. How can families help when they get out?
Encourage them
Be honest
Support them 5. How can others help?
A good girl friend or boy friend to encourage them a help make good choices
A person to talk to 6. What should you do so you won’t come back?
Give up drugs and alcohol
Go to school
Work hard
Have some goals
Obey the law
Be smart - don't break probation 7. What pitfalls do you need to be aware of when you get out that will send you back to Juvenile Hall? Friends Doing the same stuff 7. What would you tell the kids when they get out that would help them stay out? Move, Change friends, Stay away from drugs and alcohol, Go to school. Be a Winner in life www.evafry.com eva@evafry.com Eva Fry's mission is to help others become better and happier. She is an inspirational author singer/songwriter/ motivational speaker and seminar leader. Eva has published three books - "YOU MUST HAVE A DREAM" -for seniors, "BE A WINNER IN LIFE"-for good kids, troubled kids and their parents. "LETTERS FROM JUVENILE HALL, KIDS HELPING KIDS" - Actual letters from kids at Juvenile Hall, intended to save other kids from messing up their lives. She has produced 7 Music CD's - "Remember" - (new music for seniors), "Oh What Joy, Christmas", "The Little Things" (Inspirational Country), "I Love Living The Teachings of The Lord", "Classical Style", (Instrumental Music. Her music and books can be purchased on her web site http://www.evafry.com. Her books can also be ordered at any book store. She invites you to use the free articles she has written, at http://www.evafry.com - for: at- risk kids. Also other free articles of inspiration to help meet Life's challenges .Her articles have been published, all over the world. http://www.evafry.com eva@evafry.com Booking for shows and presentations |
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