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When your child breaks the law and you want healing over punishment

My teenage daughter was caught shoplifting and the store manager wants to press charges, but I keep thinking there has to be a better way to help her understand what she did wrong without getting the police involved.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent struggles between accepting institutional consequences and seeking transformative justice that addresses root causes.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ubuntu justice — healing over punishment?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.