RE: [Sndbox] FL. Boy fined on bike

[Angela]

Thank you, I couldn't have said it better myself.

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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.

 

Charles Mims

http://www.the-sandbox.org

 

 

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and going to the store alone isnt dangerous?  my cousin went two aisles over away from my aunt in a store and was kidnapped and murdered.

my point  everything is dangerous but you dont punish for an accident

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