It bothers me that they didn't give the other boy the boot right away. At the place my daughter went, they had a zero tolerance policy in the adolescent facility, too. I remember the sheriff coming one time to take a girl to juvie because she
shoved another girl.
that he's trying and being tested and that he is letting out his feelings emotionally.
That
is good and how funny I overlooked it! I was so caught up in the fight or flight response I didn't see the forest for the trees.