IMO, five miles is too far for someone that young. I did 1.5 but I was older at that time.
2-3 miles would be the outside of my suggested range.
So, taking away the benefits might work better. BTW, I agree, following her puts him in jail with her, hardly a decent ending.
I dunno. By the time I was 10, I was disappointed if my Scout troop only did a 5-miler. I was doing 18 miles by 11 years old. Yep, I’m a boy, but girls are tough, too.
Took her probably less than two hours. No big deal. And, for the record, I probably would have opted not to make her walk, but instead, have her write a letter of apology, deliver it in person, and have her read it out loud. Maybe even invite her target to go to the amusement park with us.
That’s much more in line with correcting the behavior, in my opinion - don’t like somebody, leave them alone, or risk spending all next weekend being nice to them...