I know this has been mentioned here on st before.

This was discussed in my church today. It ALWAYS makes me think of this site. I always think of the father and how many of our DHs/SOs would forgive our skids. I think of the skids as being like the son-they screw up majorly and then turning around, and us as being like the older brother-annoyed and angry that the other son (in this case) was forgiven.

These skids haven't committed any crimes (a few exceptions to that). Many of these kids don't sound like budding psychopaths. They sound like deeply troubled people. They sound like they've been spoiled (like the ps was). Many of them could well turn around when they hit adulthood or at some point in their youth.

So if that happens and their dad is anything like the dad in the story, what will you do?