(17-08-2023, 02:52 PM)jim157 Wrote: no consequences, just a telling off and sent on their way
hopefully one day someone will catch one of them in the act and dispense a good old fashioned beating
Because bashing the living daylights out of a child is always so very effective.

Addressing the causes is likely to be more effective.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)