Another two questions that are more likely to happen but are equally as hard. You see a group of 6 kids from about 10 to 14 years old they are going house to house for food. You are well enough hidden then won’t find you but they are in rough shape and won’t make winter. You have extra food but taking in 6 means everyone starves and some will surely die before spring… what do you do?
Kids that age are pretty good scroungers. If you’re rural and the lights have gone out, they’ll be an asset rather than a drain on the group. I’d wager I could turn ’em into such, and would be willing to put my life on the line during the effort.
You capture two women stealing food, they claim to be mothers stealing for their children which are hidden. You can spare anything, there are no other groups near you letting them go means they will have to come back to take food /supplies from your group. Killing them.means kids die hard outside. Banishing them is also either death or re offend. What do you do?
Again, two able bodied adults can be useful. First thing to do is to bring the babies in. And if they are being untruthful about the matter, it’s time enough then to deal with ’em. I’d be first to admit that having a baby around is fretful for all parties, and two at once is four times the grief. However, groups without children are going to die out over the long haul….