[garinda]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Your child is always your child(I don't really like the term 'kid'...it relates to goats)...and it is never too early to start on giving them a good code of morals and ethics.
Often the police would like to know, and help, when something like this goes on...just don't ring 999 to report it...but a trip to the local police station with the offending offspring might just stop them getting into trouble later down the road....although I am not sure that a stern telling off from a burly bobby has the same effect today as it did when we were youngsters.

Exactly.

I'd hapily shop them...because I loved them, and cared enough that I hope they'd change, if forced to pay for theirr actions.

Pandering to, and 'protecting' them isn't showing guidance, or real love.