• ThatBikeGuy@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    yea brain is not formed yet. thats why they look like adults but make such incredibly stupid mistakes. Also why we have a youth justice act. We are not savages like that cheetos colored place to the south.

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      10 months ago

      I feel this is often a cop out though. As a teen I knew right from wrong. And made choices , where some friends made bad choices and suffered tue consequences. But maybe there are kids that have terrible role models

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        10 months ago

        The point isn’t that there should be no punishment, just that the punishment should not be so permanent.