Forced apologies will never be heartfelt.
Punish them, but don’t mandate contrition. Only age and experience will turn little punks into humans with a sense of decency — if they ever develop a sense of decency.
If they are forced to write apologies, they will lie, then laugh about how they fooled everyone.
If 13 year old boys haven’t developed a since of decency, and they remain with the same parents, they never will.
“Forced apologies will never be heartfelt.”
That’s so true. The little cretins need stronger punishment. They should be thankful they’re not related to me.
You are correct.
Years ago, my sister overheard her daughter BRAGGING to her cousins about getting off restriction pretty quickly by “crying during her apology to her mother and giving her this great speech about understanding why what she did was wrong, blah, blah, blah.” She bragged that just by shedding a few tears, she could get her mom to agree to anything.
About that time, my sister, FURIOUS, burst into the room and loudly announced to her daughter in front of her cousins that SHE would be fooled no more and that the daughter was BACK ON restriction with added time and no tears would free her this time! She said the wide eyes and gaping mouths of the 3 girls was priceless.
I agree. Instead of forcing an apology, place them in stocks in the city center for all to see (and throw eggs at).