Put them in work programs. If they can’t be productive, put them in mental institutions.

To be clear, abuse in these programs should be prevented as much as feasible, and there should be an opportunity for any kid who demonstrates redemption to get back in school.

It’s a bad solution, but I don’t know any which is better. Keeping them in society is worse for innocent people (and doesn’t seem to usually benefit them either, misbehaving kids usually seem miserable).

And yes, the state pays to take care of them. Otherwise it’s paying for the damage they cause outside.

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gambiting an hour ago | parent [-]

>>Put them in work programs. If they can’t be productive, put them in mental institution

....what kind of work programs can you put 12 year olds into? I'm really curious.

And I'm sure it's clear that putting anyone into a mental institution costs the state far more than providing resources to a school to deal with this would cost? Psychologists, separate classes, teachers specialized in this. We struggle to put people with actual mental problems into mental health insititutions(because there are so few and they cost a fortune to run) but we'd start putting misbehaving kids in them?

	▲	dotancohen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		12 year olds? My son was hammering nails into wood and drilling into masonry at 8. The Bedouin children are in the fields unsupervised with the goats at age 6. 12 year olds are not babies. Both my daughters were skydiving at 9. Kids can do a lot.