[Robert DeLong]

Well yeah, ignoring bad behavior or practices only encourage more bad behavior and practices, it does not change it, nor is it reduced.

When the associations of shame & disgrace were removed from teenage pregnancy, teenage pregnancy increased exponentially.

Not only is the bad behavior that was ignored increased, but new bad behaviors are introduced on a continually ongoing basis. Think Tide pod eating & condom snorting, even suicide.

[metmom]

Well yeah, ignoring bad behavior or practices only encourage more bad behavior and practices, it does not change it, nor is it reduced.

Laws don't even stop bad behavior.

The only thing that stops it is enforcement, aka consequences.