10 is too young to be in court

[Lilith7]

Perhaps their parents should be standing next to them?  I would suggest that if a 10 year old is involved in burglary and ram raids that their parental influence is sorely lacking.

Which was very much the point being made; that by helping & supporting parents rather than putting ever more harsh penalties in place is likely to work far better.  Though not to the extent of putting parents in the court & then giving them those harsh penalties, more along the lines of what Celia Lashlie achieved.

https://www.celialashlie.nz/




“If as a society we can accept the need to maintain a vital interest in every child born in this country every moment of every day & work tpgether to achieve that aim, the need for more prisons & more youth justice residences will abate, the number of people whose lives are forever changed by the commission of a violent offence (or ram raid) will lessen & the magic that sits inside every child born in NZ will have the opportunity to flourish.”
Celia Lashlie


https://www.amandamillar.co.nz/blog/celi...ocumentary