Posted by Kath on July 12, 2000, at 20:54:16
In reply to Re: Crime/youth, posted by stjames on July 12, 2000, at 18:10:17
> > And now, the Ontario government wants to make parents financially responsible for the damage that their adolescents do!! How does THAT hold young people accountable for what they have done? It makes me sick.
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> James here....
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> Here in the states the parents are financially responsible for what their kids do. Minors cannot enter into contract, ect.
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> jamesHi James - They can't enter into a contract here either until 18, but they're talking about a situation that could turn out to be like this: The kid's 16, or 17 & is being a pain in the butt (say even MORE than my kid is being). His parents say he can't live in the home any more. The kid knows there's NO CHANCE of getting back (unlike my kid - he might at some point be allowed to & he probably knows that). Well, say this kid was really bad news. He can go out and smash all the windows in a huge supermarket for example. What our government (& alot of parents who don't have problem-kids & who think it's the parents' faults that kids get into trouble) want is to be able to hold the parents financially responsible for damage caused by the kids. I believe they say "if the parents' don't exhibit proper control over the child" or some such thing.
I'll try to read that article sometime. Thanks for caring about kids and about violence, etc. These are important things.
:-) Kath
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