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Parents in New York town could face jail, fine under new anti-bullying law

Parents in New York town could face jail, fine under new anti-bullying law]ABC News ? Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos



Personally I don't agree with this law. Now a days parents are extremely restricted in how they are able to discipline their children thanks to a CPS that has far more power than it should. For troublesome children simply sending them to their room or putting them in a corner is not enough. (and even that I've seen considered as abuse by some people) Additionally we're supposed to punish those that violate our laws, not those that are related to them simply because they're related to them. And yeah, parents are supposed to teach their children. That doesn't mean that children won't be influenced by their buddies in middle school/high school where most bullying happens.

What do you think?

i am sure there are some privacy and constitutional rights being violated. just another attempt to destroy the family and take away freedom.
 
I certainly would not presume to offer others advice on how to raise children if you haven't raised any yourself; just sayin.

Common sense is very rare these days, isn’t it? I have the perfect viewpoint for raising children, CS. I was one for 18 years.
 
Never addressed is whether one or both parents are to be held legally responsible or what happens to their children when the parents are serving jail time. It appears that the city is trying to pass the buck to the parents for its failure to have a juvenile justice system capable of dealing with problem kids. How about the novel approach of locking up the kid if they skip school, bully someone and/or violate curfew twice in 90 days?

Stories abound where parents scream bloody murder when schools attempt any kind of discipline over their kids, esp in terms of their grades or attendance.
 
Parents in New York town could face jail, fine under new anti-bullying law]ABC News ? Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos



Personally I don't agree with this law. Now a days parents are extremely restricted in how they are able to discipline their children thanks to a CPS that has far more power than it should. For troublesome children simply sending them to their room or putting them in a corner is not enough. (and even that I've seen considered as abuse by some people) Additionally we're supposed to punish those that violate our laws, not those that are related to them simply because they're related to them. And yeah, parents are supposed to teach their children. That doesn't mean that children won't be influenced by their buddies in middle school/high school where most bullying happens.

What do you think?

Yes hold the parents responsible.
 
i am sure there are some privacy and constitutional rights being violated. just another attempt to destroy the family and take away freedom.

Instead of punishing the kid they punish the parent... because the kid doesn't care... and since somebody has to be blamed...
 
Yes hold the parents responsible.

What if the parents try and the kid disobeys them... I deal with kids like that. Call parents and the parents are more stressed out about their kids than the teachers are. Their kids don't listen, leave home, ditch school, get in fights, do drugs or smoke, swear at teachers and the parents, etc.
 
What if the parents try and the kid disobeys them... I deal with kids like that. Call parents and the parents are more stressed out about their kids than the teachers are. Their kids don't listen, leave home, ditch school, get in fights, do drugs or smoke, swear at teachers and the parents, etc.

If kids are real hard cases and wont listen, as you describe? THen the parents, or the parents being forced by the courts, enroll the kid in one of those kid boot camps with lots of structure and education and counselling and physical activity.

Poorly raised kids are really the biggest danger to society IMO, altho of course that's a really broad umbrella. Sounds trite, maybe I should just delete that line.
 
If kids are real hard cases and wont listen, as you describe? THen the parents, or the parents being forced by the courts, enroll the kid in one of those kid boot camps with lots of structure and education and counselling and physical activity.

Poorly raised kids are really the biggest danger to society IMO, altho of course that's a really broad umbrella. Sounds trite, maybe I should just delete that line.

I hear what you are saying and I am referring to the 1% or less super hard cases... most kids respond by merely threatening to take their cell phone. Some you actually need to take it... very very few will refuse to hand it over.
 
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