Daniel has been hitting and playing way too roughly with baby Jason, and we've been talking to him about how very sad we would be if Jason was badly injured. When that didn't seem to make much of an impression on Daniel and Jason wound up with a black eye, Angel slapped the "J-word" on Daniel, as in "J-A-I-L'. Daniel has been riveted by our descriptions of jail life and asks to talk about it every chance he gets.
This morning, David took Daniel to visit the real jail - the security guards let them through the metal detectors and up to the main gate inside the jail, where they watched a corrections officer get "buzzed through". Clink-clunk went the heavy gate. Daniel was awe-struck. Without any prompting Daniel made the connection that this was a "big time out!", but that "when people are good again, they get to go home". Then they visited the main city fire department across the street where Daniel got to go inside and see where the firemen sleep!
This morning, David took Daniel to visit the real jail - the security guards let them through the metal detectors and up to the main gate inside the jail, where they watched a corrections officer get "buzzed through". Clink-clunk went the heavy gate. Daniel was awe-struck. Without any prompting Daniel made the connection that this was a "big time out!", but that "when people are good again, they get to go home". Then they visited the main city fire department across the street where Daniel got to go inside and see where the firemen sleep!
Doin' hard time in the 'dirty South'
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