Pain applied early and often can prevent jailtime. My aunt was absolutely certain that my brother and I were going to be hanged, since we were, in her opinion, little hoodlums. Her kids got told what friends they could have, where they could go and with whom, what music they could listen to, and everything else. When they finally left home, all but the youngest, who got to see what was happening to the older kids, had drug problems, out-of-wedlock children, and jailtime. Bro and I have never been in jail, have stable marriages, and have actually worked jobs and gotten paid... Instead of asking mom for help with our bills. We took our chances, got whopped on more than once, but generally made better choices.And jail