re: #174 MandyManners

The thing is, some teens will run away from good homes so placing them back into their parents’ homes will not ensure that they get the help they need. There must be the threat of punishment to get them to do what they must.

True. You would basically have to rebuild these kids from the ground up, and the mechanisms to do it aren’t there. Elder daughter teaches at a benign co-ed kids’ jail. Many are better off there than where they came from.