Rehabilitation Webster Merriam Dictionary
The word rehabilitation as used in the penal system is inaccurate. Most inmates, as children, never became completely habilitated. There are basically two categories of prisoners: Those who never ever were in good repute, who never had a good name, and those who started out being good and then committed a perpetration. Even the person who started out "good" was missing some unidentifiable quality, strength, or skill, or a role model that was supposed to have served them. Instead they ended up having virtually no will or choice in the matter.
No matter how good a job the correctional system does at "rehabilitating" a prisoner, the minute a parolee leaves the closely supervised prison world they return to the community of interactions and conversations that supported them in not going straight (read The First 24 Hours).
Just as a loving family member's leadership-communication skills can cause his/her child to stutter (assuming the impediment is not physical) so too can a "loving" parent communicate in a way that supports their child in not going straight. Most such results are produced non-verbally. Put another way. You cannot not support someone. How you relate and interact and communicate either inspires another to excel (grow), plateau (mediocrity), or decline (crash). It's all about your leadership-communication skills. [ top ]
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