Parental Responsibility?

[West Ender]

As Willow says, parents here are held responsible for children not attending school but the Courts seem to be very lax towards the parents when it comes to juvenile crime. If the parents knew, for a certainty, that they would be punished in equal measure if their child did wrong I think it would encourage them to exercise a bit more discipline.

As things are the child who is caught doing wrong screams Human Rights, the Child Psychologist comes in with an excuse such as he was potty-trained too early and says he has ADHD, demeaning those poor kids who really do have it, and the parents say, "He's no angel (I'm sick of that phrase, they always say it - in other words he's a little swine) but he's a good boy really" and the kid gets off with a slapped wrist and continues to behave abominably because he knows he can get away with it.

[Billcat]

Originally Posted by steeljack

you can be sure that not many of these folks are watching the latest episode of Coronation st. on 12" black and white TV ........

Oooh! A color TV! Owning one suddenly turns you into Bill Gates? Given the resale value of a used one, combined with the costs of confiscation and sale, hardly worth the government's time to confiscate it. LOLOL!

[garinda]

I watched a television programme last night were a group of people were setting light to abandoned stolen cars, setting them on fire, and then ambushing the fire brigade that came to put out the fire.

It was two o'clock in the morning, and this group of people were children aged about eleven and twelve.

They are children!

Where were the parents?

Are the parents criminally responsible?

You bet.

If they consistantly exhibit bad parenting skills, they should me imprisoned, and the children put in care.

Sad, but the children may have a better chance than being brought up by these feckless idiots, who in my opinion should be sterilised.