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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
In the UK they are legally accountable until age 16, and then partially accountable until 18. Parents can, and are, taken to court and held responsible for their childrens actions. Examples are failure to attend school or criminal acts. The kids can be put into Council care if the parents are deemed to be irresponsible. Over here the kids are so smart they know the parents, teachers, etc. can't lay a finger on them to discipline them or the kid brings child abuse charges. |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
This is why i support selective education. It allows the better pupils to thrive, without being dragged down by the dross who don't want to be there. Well something is going right somewhere. Perhaps you are looking at the wrong problem? I suspect all those single parent families are to blame for this, perhaps no role model is better than a bad one after all. ;) The curious case of the fall in crime Reality Internet Personality |
William Kendrick Send message Joined: 25 Dec 08 Posts: 46 Credit: 180,614 RAC: 0 |
Marriage isn't necessary to have a two-parent family unit. so well said. my parents hated each other. i'm not married to my woman, but we'll die old together, and our kids are happy. its all about that old religious mindset. they want you to get married, etc. but if you spend your entire life with a person who you would always be loyal to, no matter what, how is that NOT marriage? i'd rather my woman be free to decide if she wants to stay with me, rather than have the rest of society look down upon her because we got in some crazy argument that led to a messy divorce. we're happy the way we are, and eventually we'll probably get married, but it will be for political reasons, not spiritual or religious ones, and it will be on our own terms. dont buy into the you must be married line, thats from religious zealots, and as such should be taken with a grain of salt, in my humble opinion. do what your lover wants, and you'll stay happy. marriage makes guys act retarded, (yes i am male) to the point of YEAH SHES MINE NOW HAHAHAHAHA, and that personally is the scariest thought i could ever have: that i OWN a human being, rather than being delightfully attached to her by my own love. thats my thoughts on the matter. |
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