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Old 04-03-2008, 10:04 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by willravel
Why aren't we spending this money teaching children empathy, emotion management, cooperation, and conflict resolution? Why not strike at the roots of criminality instead of, again, just responding to people that have already been failed and have failed?
In my experience, that is exactly what we stress in juvenile justice. But I wholeheartedly agree that we should be proactive with our children before they end up in jail. Many of these kids are so bent and so hardcore at such young ages. It's very sad and disturbing.
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