Should parents be fined for their childrens bad behaviour?

geoff29345

Yes, they should, then maybe they would take more of an iterest in what their kids get up to - by the way, I am a parent with an 18 year ould lad, who as had constant grief from me over the last few days!

roger.williams20@btinternet.com

I agree in principle but unfortunately the majority of the parerts of errant children are invariably poor and could not afford to pay the fines suggested. The only way they could stop their yobbish children committing crimes and causing a nuisance would be to lock them in the house and they would then be accused of restricting their human rights. The Police should be policing the streets and action against these yobs should be hard and punishing. The punishment should be such that they would not wish to repeat their actions.

Curious1usa

Absolutely! It is not the government's job to raise the children, but the government should certainly provide a disincentive for parents NOT to ignore their responsibilities.

deadly

No Shot.

joan k

Parents don't seem to care where their children are, or what they are doing, they are too busy enjoying themselves. If they want children then they should take responsibility for them, but unfortunately to a lot of parents children are, a nice little earner.Therefore I agree, stop their benefits. Other people shouldn't have to suffer because of parental neglect and that is what it amounts to.

Amanda B

yes they should be held accountable for their children's behaviour. i live on a inner city estate and after a certain time at night it is a no go area. you have teenagers on the street corners getting drunk and stoned and harassing people but nothing is done about them. i am the mother of 3 children and if my kids do something wrong they are punished but a lot of parents just don't care less as long as little johnny or whatever are out of their hair for a while. you can't say anything to them as you get a load of verbal and you're frightened of the comebacks.

Radio Hobbyist

I think parents here in America should be held partly responsible for the actions of their children. After all parents are the ones responsible for raising them and if they are too damn lazy to teach them right from wrong, then they should share some of the blame.

the toonser

bad parents should not be find,they should be stoned in front of there little brats who they have dragged up and not brought up properly

Mouse

I think that parents should be held responsible for there childrens behaviour when they are outside, and get up to no good.

El Diablo King Of Kings

No they should be asked why the children dont know what is wrong from write .

mild_irritant

Yes, parents should be held responsible for the behavior of their children.

After all, it is the job of the parents to teach them proper behavior in the first place.

ladywoodboy

Stop their family allowance!

sallybowles

I don't know if fining them would work, although it would definitely hit them where it hurts (in the benefit book), but clearly the parents have to take some responsibility for their kids' actions. Not so long ago, parents would have brought their kids up better because it was the right thing to do and so as not to incur shame on the family, but those days are long gone. It's such a shame that we have to resort to the 'carrot and stick' philosophy just to get people to do the right thing.

Stopping benefits would be a good idea (maybe we could starve them all to death?) although it might just result in more crime. They should just bang the lot of them up, in my opinion, or put them on estates where they are a million miles from decent people.

I sound like the Daily Mail ... I knew this day would come.

bert

Yes, parents are responsible for their children until they become 18

baby_face_paris

Yes

skippy12345

yes they should

Brigid McSomeone

It would be more effective to fine Child Protective Services for terrorizing parents out of disciplining their kids.

The Thing

Corresponding question--if the government is going to fine parents, shouldn't the parents stop getting hassled by the government for disciplining their kids? If I can't swat little Junior and child services is going to show up if I do, the government should be responsible, not me.

GazzaGirl

I AGREE TOTALLY.

I had an incident in the street in NYC just the other day, with a group of teenagers who were out for the day in the city, creating a disturbance every where they went. They happened to be walking behind me on the street, and they were yelling, screaming, cursing, kicking over garbage, and just behaving in an extremely destructive manner. Everyone on the street was looking to see where the commotion was coming from.

One of them ( a girl of about 16yrs.) actually came right up behind me, put her hands around my shoulders, and screamed in my ear.

She will never do that again, because I did what her parents should've done a long time ago. I beat the snot out of her in the street, in front of her friends. They all immediately turned into "innocent" , frightened young teenagers (.....yeah) and tried to suggest that I ATTACKED THEM.

When the cops were finally called, she couldn't do anything anyway, because the officers did not believe that one woman walking alone on the street would incite an incident with 7 teenagers.

I digress..... I love your idea.

nic_ess

I don't think a monetary punishment would work really. I do agree that something needs to be done about youth crime and disorder, but a fine is not the way forward. We have fines for all sorts of crimes currently and it doesn't seem to have any effect on crime rates. I know I'll be accused of being 'liberal' but although we may perceive those on benefits as having the life of riley, there are some genuine cases of children living in poverty and neglect. I believe that this sometimes increases crime. In some ways I feel that allowing their children to do this amounts to child abuse and neglect. They need help - parenting classes, something to enhance their self respect, even a night in jail themselves to see how it will feel for their child if they choose not to guide them on the right path.

allgiggles1984

not thier fault if they dont listen! they most prob make them cry, thats why they send them out to get them out of thier hair! but if they go doing naughty stuff, then parents can tell them off and ground them but for how long? they have to go school and they might not come back till night, where are they gunna go looking for them?

Canuck Man

In the event a parent teaches his or her son or daughter to beat kids up for the heck of it the parent should actually get arrested and taken to jail or perhaps just be sued for a substantial monetary fine if the injured kid incurs a hefty medical bill that his or her father or mother can't afford to pay.

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