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Originally Posted by Samson
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do you mean the parents should be punished by law as well as the kids?
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Yeah, that's exactly what I mean.
Obviously, parents are not with their kids 24/7, but, by definition, parents are RESPONSIBLE for their children's behavior. Kids, by definition, are NOT responsible for their behavior, and unless SOMEONE is legally responsible, then we'd better get used to the growing volume of anarchy, one example of which Merika descibed in her original post.
There is absolutely no reason parents should not be ticketed and fined when their children are suspended from school, or parents shouldn't be sued in civil courts for punitive damages when thier children commit criminal felonies. |
I'm sorry but THAT is the most rediculous thing I've heard in my entire life!!!! You mean to tell me that I should be going to jail or getting fined because my daughter CHOOSES to do bad things? That's rediculous! How in the world can I have control over what she does when she's out of sight? You obviously don't have any teenagers in your house yet. when you do, you'll know exactly where I'm coming from.
Us parents are NOT responsible for the actions of our children; the CHILDREN are. They're the ones committing the crimes, not us. We've taught them right from wrong and it gets to a point where they make their own decisions and mistakes that are out of our control. We cannot control kids when they reach a certain age.
Do YOU remember being a kid? I do and I can tell you that my parents couldn't of done anything to stop me from making the mistakes that I did. Should they've been punished for MY mistakes? NO!! I'm the one who should be punished so that I can learn from MY mistakes.
That theory makes no sense.