That seems, well, counterproductive. If we keep grousing that it’s not good enough, that he hasn’t apologised enough, then that just sets up a negative feedback loop. It’s a very discouraging attitude there.
Besides, I am a little peeved by the whole “get a cookie” idiom that frames it as if he was doing it for a reward, rather than unburdening. It cheapens all attempts to come clean if you are constantly being accused of only doing it for the cookie. Perhaps some do “come clean” just for the attention, but let’s not make that our default assumption.
