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Should parents be held responsible for their underage children's actions?

In light of the recent California fires you have to wonder how much blame to put of the child and how much to put of the parents. Deaths occurred because a child decided to play with fire. Where were the parents? Should the parents be held respons

Posted By eastwind on November 21, 2007

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From_the_east

Parental responsibility should be very present in a child's life.

Posted By eastwind on November 21, 2007

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I think that both sides of this argument are right. Parents AND the chi...

Posted By Lanfe4r on November 28, 2007

Person_60

Sometimes the apples are just bad

Posted By ramrod on November 28, 2007

Sundrop2

While I strongly believe in good parenting I also believe my children sh...

Posted By Sundrop on November 23, 2007

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The parents should be raising their children in a way that is safe for society.

From_the_east

Parental responsibility should be very present in a child's life.

-- Posted By eastwind on November 21, 2007

Parents should be responsible if they don't play a strong enough role in their children's lives. That being said, once the child has been taught properly the child then is responsible for it's own actions.

I believe parents are to be held accountable for their children's actions. For the majority of kids, their actions stem from how they were raised.
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I think that both sides of this argument are right. Parents AND the children should be responsible.

-- Posted By Lanfe4r on November 28, 2007

Its really a hard thing in some situations to place the blame on either party. I think that each incident should be looked at individually. .

Person_60

They are both responsible

-- Posted By XKILLA505 on December 23, 2008

Parents are responsible for raising and teaching their children to be respectful and apprrpriate in public but kids are responsible for following their oreders and doing what is told. But there is a certain age when kids get the full responsibility for their actions in the world but younger kids should share the responsibility with their parents.

The children should be responsible for their own actions.

Sundrop2

While I strongly believe in good parenting I also believe my children should learn "responsibility".

-- Posted By Sundrop on November 23, 2007

In raising my children correctly I think that a big part of that is raising they to accept the consequences of their actions. I teach them what is right and wrong and then they discover the consequences of their right or wrong actions.

Person_60

Sometimes the apples are just bad

-- Posted By ramrod on November 28, 2007

I know first hand that many times the parents are doing everything they can but their kids are just ungrateful f*@k ups. I know that i, personally, stopped being reasonable by the time i was 12 or something. .

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