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What do you tell your kids when their dad is in jail?

What do you tell your kids when their dad is in jail?

Prepare for Questions When it comes time to talk about what happened to mom or dad, and explain where they are and why, be prepared to answer difficult questions. Just remember that the best way to explain all of this is to simple tell the kids that their mother or father went to jail because they did not obey the law.

Can babies miss their dad?

Between 4-7 months of age, babies develop a sense of “object permanence.” They’re realizing that things and people exist even when they’re out of sight. Babies learn that when they can’t see mom or dad, that means they’ve gone away.

What happens to a child with a dad in prison?

Kids may become ambivalent or anxious about relationships, instead of enjoying the type of secure relationships that help a child flourish. Most often though, children have dads in prison, given the disproportionate number of men in prison.

Why was my brother sentenced to life in prison?

Do the crime and pay the time, we were raised to believe. But our grief turned to anger when my brother, a first-time marijuana offender, was ordered to serve the rest of his life in prison, thanks to a one-size-fits-all, federal mandatory-minimum sentencing law. I confess I did not know anything about how criminal sentencing laws worked.

Can a child be punished if their parent is in prison?

Children with a parent in prison. No child should be punished because their parent is in prison. We know that children who have a parent in prison can feel isolated and ashamed – and most feel unable to talk about it because they’re scared of being bullied.

When does a parent, sibling, or child go to jail?

He won his appeals and was released from prison after serving “only” 12½ years. During those years, I learned that the saying is true: When a parent, sibling or child goes to jail, t he whole family serves the sentence with that person.

How old was my son when he went to prison?

I have a son that is 38 years old. He’s been in prison since 2004 for manslaughter (which he didn’t do). He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. They gave him 16 years.

Why was my son sent to prison together?

Twenty-four years ago I didn’t realize I was not just doing myself harm by going it alone, but I was hurting my sons too. Yes both sons were arrested together and sent to prison. And I was too afraid to tell anyone what was going on. But I soon discovered that when traveling this rocky road you need a companion to travel with you.

What happens when a father goes to prison?

What we do know, he says, is that there are higher rates of homelessness among families when the father is in prison, poor developmental outcomes for the children in those families, and that there’s greater family instability in those families.

Is it bad that my son went to jail?

As I said in my forst post- it isnt that bad. He gets to learn what he couldnt learn i.e. that if you continues on the path of drugs and drug related crime he will go to jail and until he learns that or it sinks in, he will go there. It is several months of compulsory learning of lessens. We have carers here.