My teenage daughter was shoplifting with friends and the store manager caught them and is deciding whether to call police or just ban them and I don't know which consequence would actually help her learn.
More people experience this than they realize.
The question of which interventions actually prevent future harm exposes competing theories about whether accountability works through fear or understanding.
“Where Are You with Punitive vs. restorative approaches to harm?”
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