Read the excerpt from “the girl who silenced the world for five minutes.” parents should be able to comfort their children by saying, "everything's going to be alright," "we're doing the best we can," and "it's not the end of the world." but i don't think you can say that to us anymore. are we even on your list of priorities? suzuki most likely uses this question to make listeners believe that a. they are doing the best they can. b. they should talk to their children honestly. c. they need to rethink what is truly important. d. they need to comfort their children.

C. they need to rethink what is truly important.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from "The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes" by Severn Cullis-Suzuki, we can see the speaker talking about the importance of parents being able to comfort their children by telling them that  "Everything's going to be alright" and other things, but at the ending of the excerpt she asks "Are we even on your list of priorities?" to make listeners believe that they need to rethink what is truly important, they need to adjust their priorities.

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.