Prevention is a huge piece of the puzzle. Recreation programs, snow camps, dance clubs, music teachers, jobs programs and coaches are infinitely cheaper than lawyers, psychiatrists, boot camps, wardens and prison cells. As a society, we must be more effective, more loving, more responsible parents. We must put resources in place to support parents struggling with their responsibilities or coping with children who are mentally ill. It is difficult to summon a community s compassion and sympathy for young offenders.
Many people allow their fear and anger to influence their judgment.
Let them rot in there is some people s attitude, and the children feel it. But the cold facts are that these children are going to come out, drive down Blackstone next to us, walk by us in the mall and go to school with our children. The San Joaquin begins at pristine Thousand Island Lake, just west of Mammoth Lakes, with 13,157-foot Mount Ritter as its backdrop.