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Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stupid?

Should Parents be held accountable for their children when they kill or harm others?

  • Sure, that would be a nice change in today's world

    Votes: 6 15.4%

  • No, Parents can't be there all the time

    Votes: 2 5.1%

  • Depends on the situation but yes if the saw warnings and ignored them

    Votes: 26 66.7%

  • Depends on situation but no most of the time as a parent can't be around all the time

    Votes: 9 23.1%

  • This is a stupid poll.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Parent, what's a parent?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    39
  • Poll closed .
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
Just curious if parents should be held accountable when their kids do something stupid that causes injury or fatality to others?
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Like taking the morning after pill?
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Obviously a parent cannot always be held responsible because no matter how hard a parent tries any kid has the ability to still be rebellious, but on the flip side it is a parents responsibility to be aware and proactive.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

I think within reason they should be.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

If there were warning signs and it was something serious, definitely. And perhaps take into account whether or not the child/children have been in trouble before, how many times, what for, etc.
 
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lizzie said:
It depends heavily on the circumstances.
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what she said-

its true

age of the children

what instrumentality was used

what were the circumstances-

so many questions
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
And people wonder why school shootings are up:roll:
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Well that's quite the leap. Emotionalized, dishonest hyperbole doesn't make for good argument. Just FYI.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
Just curious if parents should be held accountable when their kids do something stupid that causes injury or fatality to others?
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Sure, depending on circumstances. It's helpful to remember that children don't get to choose their parents.
 
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American said:
Like taking the morning after pill?
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Like Columbine
 
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Ikari said:
Well that's quite the leap. Emotionalized, dishonest hyperbole doesn't make for good argument. Just FYI.
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Of course it does, they didn't have these when I was a kid and we all brought our shotguns and rifles to school during hunting season
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
Of course it does, they didn't have these when I was a kid and we all brought our shotguns and rifles to school during hunting season
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Yeah because obviously everything is static and obviously this is only a problem in parenting.

As I said, if you can prove it in a court of law then by all means, make the case.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Ikari said:
Yeah because obviously everything is static and obviously this is only a problem in parenting.

As I said, if you can prove it in a court of law then by all means, make the case.
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Yeah the courts are always right:roll:
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
Yeah the courts are always right:roll:
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Well they do rely on evidence and burden of proof unlike your ample use of supposition and assumption. But as I said, if you can prove they had knowledge before hand in a court of law, then by all means make your case. It sounds more like you just want to huck them in jail without having to demonstrate anything, which is counter to our system.
 
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Directly responsible? Unlikely, but suffer some penalty perhaps, all depends on the situation of course.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Ikari said:
Well they do rely on evidence and burden of proof unlike your ample use of supposition and assumption. But as I said, if you can prove they had knowledge before hand in a court of law, then by all means make your case. It sounds more like you just want to huck them in jail without having to demonstrate anything, which is counter to our system.
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I think you fall under the assumption rule yourself
 
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Rocketman said:
I think you fall under the assumption rule yourself
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Not really, you should probably just reread that again.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Ikari said:
Not really, you should probably just reread that again.
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No need, I get you now, whatever the court says is gospel
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
No need, I get you now, whatever the court says is gospel
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I posted something on another thread about two young teenage boys who vandalized a school in a neighboring town. Their parents were held financially responsible for the damages. I think whenever there are monetary damages, then parents ARE held responsible for their minor children.

As far as the Columbine boys go, I don't know how much their parents knew. It was stated in the past that the boys assembled homemade bombs in the garages of their homes. However, they could have easily hid that from the parents if the parents work full time.

Parents just can't be their to hold their teenage children's hands constantly, so I don't think a parent should always be held responsible. That would be something that would need investigation to see just what the parents knew, if they were neglectful, etc.
 
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Rocketman said:
No need, I get you now, whatever the court says is gospel
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Nope, only that if you want to throw someone in jail, you'll need to provide evidence in a court of law. Sorry that you seem so opposed to that.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

ChrisL said:
I posted something on another thread about two young teenage boys who vandalized a school in a neighboring town. Their parents were held financially responsible for the damages. I think whenever there are monetary damages, then parents ARE held responsible for their minor children.

As far as the Columbine boys go, I don't know how much their parents knew. It was stated in the past that the boys assembled homemade bombs in the garages of their homes. However, they could have easily hid that from the parents if the parents work full time.

Parents just can't be their to hold their teenage children's hands constantly, so I don't think a parent should always be held responsible. That would be something that would need investigation to see just what the parents knew, if they were neglectful, etc.
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I appreciate your opinion but as a parent of 4 I knew when they tried to sneek beer and/or pot into the house, when they were having top secret parties at our house or somewhere else. Parents can use excuse of work or other things, but they can be vigilant in raising their kids.
 
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Ikari said:
Nope, only that if you want to throw someone in jail, you'll need to provide evidence in a court of law. Sorry that you seem so opposed to that.
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I never said I was ooposed, you made another assumption without evidence
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
I appreciate your opinion but as a parent of 4 I knew when they tried to sneek beer and/or pot into the house, when they were having top secret parties at our house or somewhere else. Parents can use excuse of work or other things, but they can be vigilant in raising their kids.
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How could you know if you're not home? :shrug: Speaking of sneaking whatever, that's pretty much experimental stuff that a lot of teens do. That is not really a reflection on the parents. Maybe they were just smart enough to know not to try to bring it home.
 
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ChrisL said:
How could you know if you're not home? :shrug: Speaking of sneaking whatever, that's pretty much experimental stuff that a lot of teens do. That is not really a reflection on the parents. Maybe they were just smart enough to know not to try to bring it home.
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People talk especially kids, I knew about every party. Kids will be kids and as a parent you know they will test you (i tested mine :), and got caught). Past behavior predicts future behavior. Those columbine kids had gun powder, ammo, and guns in the house. Their parents should have been neutered at birth so this could have been avoided as they were clearly too stupid to pro-create.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
People talk especially kids, I knew about every party. Kids will be kids and as a parent you know they will test you (i tested mine :), and got caught). Past behavior predicts future behavior. Those columbine kids had gun powder, ammo, and guns in the house. Their parents should have been neutered at birth so this could have been avoided as they were clearly too stupid to pro-create.
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Did your parents know about EVERYTHING you did? I think not. ;)

I really do kind of agree about the Columbine parents. It seems like there were just too many things going on in those homes for the parents to be so ignorant of it.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Rocketman said:
I never said I was ooposed, you made another assumption without evidence
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That's not an assumption of your intent. Read it again.
 
Re: Should Parents be held accountable when their underage children do something stup

Ikari said:
That's not an assumption of your intent. Read it again.
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Of course it is, you made it, own it
 
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