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AKA Monet, I am tempted to go with you on this- but let me please pose a question first.
Do you think these two kids really understood that they were inflicting serious medical damage to the victim?
That is where I have a hangup with this. I remember the odd grade school fight, and I really don't think we had any concept that we could really hurt somebody so badly.
Shove a kid on the ground, and he gets sand in his hair. Shove a kid while you are on the jungle gym and he falls and breaks an arm (the latter did happen at my school once and noone was arrested or charged with a crime. We were in 2nd grade as I recall.)
Can a 10 year really understand yet how sheer fate and a complex set of variables could make a beating turn out to be no big deal or a medical nightmare?
I suspect the answer is no, which is why I do not like the idea of juvenile hall (along with what 2 others have pointed out about how that is not a good place for any kid to spend time since it is just a training ground for far worse.)
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