Would you be willing to be punished

Geek

New Member
if your child committed a crime? Thinking of the third graders plotting to hurt the teacher.
 

Larry Gude

Strung Out
What...

if your child committed a crime? Thinking of the third graders plotting to hurt the teacher.

...exacrtly do you have in mind?


"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"


:shrug:
 

Geek

New Member
...exacrtly do you have in mind?


"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"
"I will not raise my kid to plot to murder the teacher"


:shrug:

I was thinking court/jail.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
I was thinking court/jail.

It is definitely valid for a CPS investigation of the home conditions. Didn't they have real handcuffs? How does a 3rd grader get those?

I could see charges for abuse, neglect, or something similar. I don't think we need to punish parents for what the child did, but we do need to punish parents for the neglect that led to the crime.
 

Nanny Pam

************
It's the parents fault that the kids turned out the way they did! If they would have busted their butts when they were bad, this wouldn't have happened. Kids today know how to get away with murder! :burning:

JMHO. :shrug:
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
I would think, if you did an investigation of the homes criminal minors come from, you would find an easy "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" and "child neglect" charge to hit the parents with.

I do not think that parents should be charged with the crime their child committed, nor do I think that wayward kids are always the parents' fault. I do, however, think that something needs to be done about the lack of parental involvement that is so prevalent in our society today.
 

Dedee

New Member
It's the parents fault that the kids turned out the way they did! If they would have busted their butts when they were bad, this wouldn't have happened. Kids today know how to get away with murder! :burning:

JMHO. :shrug:

Most kids watch too much TV. Parents are legaly responsible for what there minor children do but parents can be loving, consentant, involved wonderful parents and their children can still make bad choices or even grow up to be murders and the opisit can happen too. We as indivuals have the free will to do what we choose. We can raise our children the best way we know how, the rest is uo to them.
 

pixiegirl

Cleopatra Jones
I'm fairly familiar with the area that this occured in. It's been a few years since I've been down there but a good bit of the area was what you'd call "country gheto". Very poor and run down.

I believe that the parents are 99% at fault. We've been through this before and I'm sure I'll get called an upity biatch again but very few people are in these situations due to "bad luck". 90% of the time if you don't have a pot to pee in it's because you chose to or it's a result of poor choices you made. If these adults can't get thier crap together enough to provide themselves proper living conditions then how in the hell do you expect them to have determination to raise thier kids right? They won't and so the cycle continues.

I think that the children should absolutely be punished as well. As someone else said; they need to learn "cause and effect". You screw up, you pay. Teach personal responsibility early.
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
PREMO Member
Patron
If these adults can't get thier crap together enough to provide themselves proper living conditions then how in the hell do you expect them to have determination to raise thier kids right? They won't and so the cycle continues.

I completely agree with you. When parents make poor decisions with their lives, it affects the children and what they become as they grow up.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
I'm fairly familiar with the area that this occured in. It's been a few years since I've been down there but a good bit of the area was what you'd call "country gheto". Very poor and run down.

I believe that the parents are 99% at fault. We've been through this before and I'm sure I'll get called an upity biatch again but very few people are in these situations due to "bad luck". 90% of the time if you don't have a pot to pee in it's because you chose to or it's a result of poor choices you made. If these adults can't get thier crap together enough to provide themselves proper living conditions then how in the hell do you expect them to have determination to raise thier kids right? They won't and so the cycle continues.

I think that the children should absolutely be punished as well. As someone else said; they need to learn "cause and effect". You screw up, you pay. Teach personal responsibility early.
I agree with almost everything you say, except that the kids should be "punished." Kids should be disciplined. It feels the same to them, it's just the mindset of the parent that matters. If you punish, it's revenge. Discipline corrects behavior.

Kid slams the door. You spank him. If you are punishing, you spank because he slammed the door. If you are disciplining, you are teaching him not to do it again.
 
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