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Parental Responsibility?
As requested/recommended by my northern friend Billcat:
Where do you guys believe parental responsibilty should end? In my state, parents are held responsible when their kids are repeatedly absent from school. Is this a good idea? Is this the same in England?
Do you believe parents should be held financially responsible when their under 18 year old children cause damage to someone elses person, place and/or property? Are they ever held responsible in England?
When does/should this responsibility end? I believe as long as a parent still considers their child as a dependant (I believe that can be up to 21 years old) they should be held somewhat responsible. Heck, the kid is coming and going from their home.
Over here (I believe), regardless of a vehicle's ownership, if some drug dealing kid is driving around in the family car, and drugs are found in it, the police can/will conviskate the vehicle. Do you think this is fair to Mom and Dad?
Same (I believe) is true for a kid selling drugs out of his/her parents residence. The house can be conviscated by the state. That's regardless of the parent's, spouse's, children's knowledge. Ya thnk that's fair? Do you think it serves as a bit of a deterrent? I do.
Brian
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