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You don't seem to be taking into
account that maybe they were watching and the kid snuck off......the fact is,
none of us really know because the article didn't say.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:43
PM
Subject: Re: [Sndbox] FL. Boy fined on
bike
In a message dated 11/6/2003
2:41:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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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