To help young people rethink their approach, staff can ask which questions?

• A. What do you want? and What do you need right now?
• B. Why did you do it?
• C. How could you improve this situation?
• D. What is the rule you broke?

Answer: (D)

The idea being tested is using questions that anchor the discussion in rules and concrete behavior to spark self-reflection. Asking what rule you broke provides a clear, non-blaming starting point: it identifies the boundary that was crossed and invites thinking about how to act differently within the rules in the future. This framing helps reduce defensiveness because it treats the issue as a specific compliance matter rather than a judgment of character, and it creates a concrete path for accountability and change.

Other options are less effective in this context because they either steer the conversation toward motives or excuses (why you did it) or toward desires and needs (what you want or need now), or they are too broad (how to improve the situation) without tying the discussion to an established rule. By focusing on the rule broken, staff guide the young person to connect behavior with expectations and plan concrete next steps to stay within those boundaries.