“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse,” Malachi 4:6, KJV.
The United States is facing both a cultural and a spiritual crisis. Approximately 2.1 million individuals are behind bars in state and federal prisons across the U.S., and many of them are fatherless and/or fathers themselves. Fatherlessness is linked to increased chances of committing a crime and becoming incarcerated, so this reality about the current prison population are not entirely surprising.
But another equally sobering fact regarding crime and incarceration is often forgotten. More than 95% of the prison population will be released back into society, but the majority of them will end up right back where they started — behind bars.
safety and benefit of all Americans.
Many solutions have been proposed to address this problem, but few of them get at its cultural and spiritual origins. One solution, however, has been proven to work. Faith-based rehabilitation has been successful in inspiring hearts to change, which has consequently reduced or eliminated patterns of criminal behavior.
Faith-based rehabilitation programs equip inmates with the tools to succeed after life in prison so they can return to life as healthy members of society and fully live out the American Dream. One study found that “higher levels of religious involvement” have a myriad of benefits, including “lower levels of drug and alcohol use and abuse, less promiscuous sexual behaviors, reduced likelihood of suicide, lower rates of delinquency among youth, and reduced criminal activity among adults.” Additionally, religious involvement leads to increased levels of “well-being, hope, purpose, meaning in life, and educational attainment.” Participation in religious rehabilitation programs often leads to many of these same results, thereby “increasing the likelihood that a person after release can cope with stresses and strains without the use of crime, drugs or alcohol.”
There is no secret to staying out of prison and being a success in life. Just stay in school until you graduate at least high school, don’t get married until you have a steady job and don’t have children until you accomplish the previous goals.
Whomever thinks or believes that women “don’t need no man” is a buffoon. A really stupid buffoon.
Don’t think so and believe it denigrates women to say their family NEEDS a father figure?
Even Tupac Shakur (the famous rapper) said he did what he wanted as a youth — robbing, dealing drugs, stealing, fighting, etc,., because his momma didn’t know how to raise or control a teenage boy learning how to be a man.
Women have no clue –they SAY they do….lol — how to handle and discipline the rebellion and testosterone raging in a young boy’s mind and body. NO clue.
Strong fathers IN THE HOME — not in prison or visiting on the weekend, or substituting their presence with a monthly check — keep boys in line and guided toward manhood.
I never worried a bit about what my momma was going to do when I crossed the line, but I was deathly afraid of what my father was going to do. Until he left when I was fourteen. Then I went straight-up stunningly bad.
My mom, who loved me so much, was powerless.
Absolutely and unquestionably POWERLESS.
Now, we have so many “baby momma’s” that have children by several different fathers and have child after child to get a bigger and bigger check, society is cursed with kids beating up teachers (my dad would have beat me into a wheelchair for THAT), running their mouth to police, stealing cars, selling drugs, and generally doing things that a good man and FATHER would stop dead in their tracks. And society becomes more violent and chaotic EVERY DAY. Don’t need no man, huh?? Yeah, you do.
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.
And it is essentially irrefutable.
Spank their ass !!!! Make them serve 2 years min in the Military !!!!
12 Steps works, but it takes a huge commitment to change.
12 steps work for the week minded. Been there. Addiction is lack of will power, period.
Military will Break them in !!!! FACT
Go Back to OLD school !!!! Kids turned out much better years ago !!!!!!
In Bad neighborHoods kids want to be Gangsters !!!! Look forward to Prison !!!!
Send the Worse to the MARINES !!!! They will get an attitude adjustment Real Quick !!