A convict is like someone who broke the rules of a big game called society. Just like in your favorite games, there are rules everyone needs to follow to make sure everyone has fun and stays safe. When someone doesn’t follow these rules, it’s like they’ve taken a toy from someone else without asking or pushed someone in line. In the big game of society, if someone breaks the rules in a serious way, they might be called a convict.

Imagine if the classroom had a special chair where someone had to sit if they didn’t follow the rules, like time-out. A convict is someone who has been told by a very important person, like a teacher or a judge, that they didn’t follow the rules and now they need to sit in the special chair, which is like a time-out for grown-ups called jail or prison.

Being a convict means they have to think about what they did and learn to follow the rules better next time. Just like when you learn to share better or wait your turn, they need to learn how to play the big game of society fairly.