Should parents be responsible when their children break the law.?
150567
To some extent, yes. But not to the point of punishing the parents for the child's crime. This would like blaming your driving instructor for a car accident you have. It is the parent's job to teach the kids the difference from right and wrong, but it is also the child's responsibility to learn from the parents.
997625
Nothing at all--a lot of people seem to think that it's everyone else's responsibility to protect them and their kids from what they should be doing themselves.  I have a whole family of teachers--their biggest complaint is that parents drop off their kids at school, and some actually tell them, "OK, he's your problem now."  If THEY can't instill values into their own kids, why should they expect others to?
593610
I'm going to say none, because the parent/s obviously did something wrong to lose the children so the state had to intervene. Parental rights won't be restored until the parent gets custody of the children.
352352
Explain to them, if they are old enough to understand what you are saying, that what they did was wrong and if they do it again, there will be consequences for it.  Time out, no tv, no games, no playing outside or having friends over, are some suggestions.  Also if the kids are near your home, don't let your child near them if they are a bad influence.
201091
The problem is that it's not the baby's fault if its mother lied, or its father was gullible, or whatever.  Child support rights belong to the child, and the mother in this case never had the authority to waive them or bargain them away. Support of children is pretty much an absolute duty of parents; prospective parents have to factor that in before deciding what to do or believe.
133271
Not if it's the law.\nQuit trying to come up with a way for the non-custodial parent to be irresponsible.
152110
Personally, I believe ALL children should be tested.  But as a parent, it is not only your right, but also your responsibility, to see that your child is given the best education available/possible.
97034
YES!!!! I am a parent of 2 children. They do not do anything unless I know every last detail of what is going on. I am on this earth to protect them and how am I to do that if I do not know what is going on??
883509
I'd start out by saying something like people need to take responsibility for their actions and continuing to point a finger isn't going to fix anything.  It might be hard to admit that their kids did something bad cause then it might mean that they aren't being very good parents.  Pointing a finger of blame may be the easiest way for them to not admit they aren't doing a good enough of job.
61017
i say the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of parents.  If parents taught their children right from wrong, If parents didn't automatically side with their children instead of teachers, and if parents exacted consequences for their children's behavior,  children would develop common sense.
250901
No. Legally, you are responsible for him/her. Your only real course of actions would be to try and get relief of custody from the state.
422208
i think a lot of parents let there kids get out ofof control at a very young age .. and they had rather turn there head than try to do something with the kids .. so yes i do think a parent should be responable for what there teen agers do..
277960
I would have to contribute this partly to the parents.  These days, parents are not as involved in their children's education as they once were.  Also, there is a growing number of parents who condone WHATEVER it is that their child is doing (even if it is the wrong thing).  The parents will always come to the child's defense and blame everyone else.  Additionally, there is a lack of discipline in the homes because parents are afraid to firmly (spanking) discipline their children because of legal retort.  And last, I will have to say that the government is doing very little to support educators (teachers and instructors).
227892
A well placed and well timed smack can do wonders. But it must not be excessive. After all a child needs to be reminded that we as parents are there to teach them proper ways to behave. Parents have the responsibility to raise a child (to the best of their ability) to be good citizens. Of course there are always exceptions.
509088
For a very young child, I'd say the parents are the most responsible.\nthen the teacher.\n\nAs a child gets older, say 12 and over, it becomes the child who is the most responsible, then the parent, then the teacher.  The child at this point needs to take on more self-responsibility or at least learn about self-responsibility.\n\nI'm not one of those people who blames the schools for a child's failing grades.  It starts in the home.
234794
Yes, if the school does not handle their responsibility, you should say something to the parents. Someone mentioned  'No one likes a tattletail', but no one likes to be assulted and/or picked on when they are at school trying to learn either.
1010093
File a police report and get a lawyer.  Take your butt down to the police station, they probably take a statement and then send you to social services.  Social services should be able to advise you further on that situation.  If the health and well-being of your kids is at stake, then go take care of things.  If you let this scare you and don't take steps to solve this now, the State can step in later down the road and just take the kids.