“Here’s the deal, son. This stuff is sick. You have two choices: you go to therapy right now and get this straightened out, or you go to jail. Which will it be?”
Bingo!
Instead, dad essentially contracted out the solution; and perhaps created a father-son fracture that could last this lifetime.
But that is probably not how it would play out.
A minor handed over to the police for such an offense would probably receive court-ordered, taxpayer funded therapy.
Depending on the judge, and whether the boy had any previous contact with law enforcement, he might receive those services while on probation or in juvenile detention.
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“Therapy” is just a way of legitimizing the behavior.
Therapy is total bunk!
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