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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is an incredibly common and normal policy.  It is also true in the vast majority of workplaces.

If your kid gets in a fight with another child at the playground, is the other parent entitled to demand that you tell them the consequences/punishment you imposed?
If a coworker insults/bullies you in the workplace, are you entitled to know exactly what consequences were imposed?

No.  Because the real world doesn't operate that way.  It is the responsibility if the organization to create and keep a safe environment.  Nobody that was the "victim" needs to know how they do that, just that the environment is safe.[/quote]

In the real world, if I commit a crime, the punishment is not kept a secret.

Also, I have no idea how you assure the victim the environment is safe without detailing the consequences for those violate the rules of said environment. Why should you believe them?[/quote]

If minors commit crimes, the record is confidential.

With education, there are additional federal laws about keeping records confidential. Suspensions, expulsions, and school transfers will be known to others because the child is no longer in the school. Anything else is confidential.

If the only thing that makes a child follow rules and do the right thing is fear of consequences, we have a sorry world.

The main reason for wanting to know other kids' punishments is so parents can gossip IMHO.
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