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Why Detention Won’t Solve the Puzzle: A Call to Rethink Punishment in General

Let’s talk about punishment – that tried-and-true societal tradition of using negative consequences to “teach lessons.” Detention, the schoolyard classic, is the perfect example. Take a kid with unprocessed emotions, sensory overload, or communication deficits, stick them in a room with a desk, and magically expect improved behavior. Makes sense, right? Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. […]