Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
what if the girls didnt get along well with thier parents and didnt really care if they were locked away? Then what?
Exactly, thats pretty much what I was trying to say in my last post.

"I think its important to show kids how important it is to turn up to school, but I'm not convinced that threatening parents with jail is the best way, as many such kids just wouldn't care and would keep reoffending..."