Re: When good wombs bear bad sons.

1. What are your thoughts on having a parental responsibility law?

It might work, but it is crazy to charge a parent criminally responsible for violent children! Should a child attempt to violate any law, the parent will be charged. What if the child is already beyond the parent's control?

I have to say I agree with the criminologists.

Bad parenting is obviously not the only cause. A parent cannot control his or her child at all times, for example, at school. It will be up to the child whether to follow in a delinquent's footsteps and cause trouble, or whether just study and be a good child. Parents could not do anything at this point; so they should not be held responsible for any criminal act of their child.

If so, the law will not have any effect on the child, where the parents will be under sheer pressure, having take responsibility of their child. The children should take the responsibility, and should they want to change, they will.

In conclusion, I will not support such a law.

- If not, what should we do with juveniles who commit criminal offences like manslaughter, murder, rape, arson, and other violent crimes? What about less violent crimes like vandalism, burglary, outrage of modesty, etc. How do we hold the parents accountable for their children's crimes? If the parents are not accountable, then what are the parental roles and responsibility with regard to raising children? How can society reduce juvenile delinquency then?

When juveniles commited these offences, there must be someone or something to make them do so. Firstly, we should find out why they did it. Is it because of their own lust? Is it because someone forced them to do it?

Secondly, nowadays young juveniles are just thrown into boys home and be watched over. I believe they should be given second chances (for less violent crimes). Stern warnings should be given. If they commited a crime the second time, they should be sent to the boys home, and visits to the councilor should be arranged.

Parental roles should be just taking care of their kids, and being strict with them when it comes to their freedom. Do not be too strict though (etc: forbiding kids to go out with their friends as they could be bad people; i seen it happened before, that is crazy!!)

-In the case of the 16 year old boy who was charged with murder, what do you think the law should do to him? To his (step)parents?

Interrogated why. If found to be guilty, sent to jail.