02-12-2024, 01:08 PM
I read the other day that in the USA the mother and father of a fifteen-year-old have each been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Their son was responsible for the deaths by shooting of a number of children at a school.
Here in Australia, whenever youths offend, blame for their offending is always laid at the feet of the government of the day and/or the courts. We get the obligatory hand-wringing, calls for more money to be spent, and for the age to be raised to fourteen before a person can be charged with an offence.
The Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police said yesterday that there is a hardcore of approximately 220 youth offenders known to police who account for the majority of serious youth crimes in this state.
Surely it is about time that the parents of repeat offenders should be held accountable, at least in part, for the actions of their children.
I am tired of society expecting governments of the day and the courts to clear up the mess, come up with solutions, and yet parents are absolved of any responsibility for the behaviour of their children
Here in Australia, whenever youths offend, blame for their offending is always laid at the feet of the government of the day and/or the courts. We get the obligatory hand-wringing, calls for more money to be spent, and for the age to be raised to fourteen before a person can be charged with an offence.
The Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police said yesterday that there is a hardcore of approximately 220 youth offenders known to police who account for the majority of serious youth crimes in this state.
Surely it is about time that the parents of repeat offenders should be held accountable, at least in part, for the actions of their children.
I am tired of society expecting governments of the day and the courts to clear up the mess, come up with solutions, and yet parents are absolved of any responsibility for the behaviour of their children