Bear in mind the lasso works on WHOEVER is holding it, so if the kid were doing it for a skeevy reason, the lasso would make him confront the truth of his own actions as well as his targets.

Diana mentioned once that she wears the lasso against her hip so she is always in contact with it, so she is facing the truth of her own actions ALL THE TIME. No little white lies, none of those comfortable little lies we all tell ourself every day to get through from dawn to dusk without punching someone or breaking down sobbing, absolute awareness of the turth of your own actions!