Ask most parents or teachers. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Threatening consequences and not following through sends the wrong message; do what you will because nothing is really going to happen as a consequence.
This lesson doesn't seem to have been learned yet by Vermont criminal court judges. Just this week, two convicts violated the terms of their probation and furloughs respectively. They were found guilty of the violations, both felonies, and were given additional prison sentences as a consequence. But were they really?? One convict is to serve his additional sentence concurrently with the sentence he was already serving. The other was given additional years of prison time-----suspended!!!! No extra time in prison for violently violating the terms of his furlough.
The lesson taught by Vermont judges--do what thou wilt. Ain't nothin stoppin ya. Pity the poor, law abiding citizens coming into contact with these miscreants.
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