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As Willow says, parents here are held responsible for children not attending school but the Courts seem to be very lax towards the parents when it comes to juvenile crime. If the parents knew, for a certainty, that they would be punished in equal measure if their child did wrong I think it would encourage them to exercise a bit more discipline.

As things are the child who is caught doing wrong screams Human Rights, the Child Psychologist comes in with an excuse such as he was potty-trained too early and says he has ADHD, demeaning those poor kids who really do have it, and the parents say, "He's no angel (I'm sick of that phrase, they always say it - in other words he's a little swine) but he's a good boy really" and the kid gets off with a slapped wrist and continues to behave abominably because he knows he can get away with it.