And our point is that if the child is doing something you know to be dangerous punishment will teach him not to do that anymore. If he's jumping a dirt hill that is right next to a busy road, then that is inherently more dangerous than doing the same thing in a vacant lot. So sometimes even if it is an accident some sort of consequences are necessary.
Going back to the broken window...I *accidentally* broke a window. I was punished for that. It was right for me to be punished for that because I was doing something I shouldn't be doing.
To be sure the punishment must fit the offense, but to say in a blanket fashion that no punishment is necessary when something is an accident doesn't make a lick of sense in my opinion. Even accidents carry consequences.
and my point is this wasnt a teenager this was a second grader. the parents knew where he was and what he was doing if they didnt then i dont think much of em leaving a child that young unsupervised by a busy road. either way its not the childs fault that he was playing and accidentily landed in the road.
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