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Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results

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Re: Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results

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> In life, like chess, every move has a consequence.

This is all pretty hyperbolic post-hoc reasoning.

My guess is that against the alternative of juveniles just sitting in a cell and being neglected any program that stimulates them, invests time and effort into them, and gets them passionate is going to have promising results.

disclaimer: I think this is a great result, and should be promoted but the pseudo-scientific explanations just get to me...

Re: Judges sentence youth offenders to chess, with promising results

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post #5

"Every move has consequences" - That is absolutely brilliant! Is there any better way to explain such an abstract life concept to kids who can't see the consequences of whatever they do?

At the wake of all these concerns around video games, I am gonna risk it still and say Video Games.

It teaches a lot about consequences. Perhaps not on par with chess, because, most popular games demands much less exercise in deliberation and strategic(/critical?) thinking.

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