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Parents have their kids arrested for throwing party

Kaido

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Finally, a story showing real parental responsibility:

http://www.ctnow.com/news/connectic...bury-house-party-1022-20131021,0,328630.story

To me, this is a big deal because a lot of people let their kids get away with stuff that they really shouldn't. Maybe having them arrested was over-the-top, but I think these parents are awesome for enforcing rules and not letting things slide :thumbsup:

There was a really bad accident here in Connecticut a few years ago where some high school kids were drinking & driving, got in an accident, and all three of them died, as well as the passenger in the car they hit, who had three kids at home:

http://articles.courant.com/2002-12-17/news/0212170016_1_legal-limit-blood-alcohol-speed-and-alcohol

TL;DR: Kids were throwing underage party with alcohol, parents had them arrested.
 
Kaido said:
There was a really bad accident here in Connecticut a few years ago where some high school kids were drinking & driving, got in an accident, and all three of them died, as well as the passenger in the car they hit, who had three kids at home:
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Kids driving drunk/dying happens on consistent basis in CT.

Also, most kids don't have a CLUE how to party or have a good time unless there is Alcohol or Drugs involved.

Sadly....
 
dank69 said:
Jokes on the parents. Charged as minors. Big whoop.
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And moreso, the parents would be responsible for any restitution anyway.

Sure, scares the shit out of the kids, but so did what happened to me when I did such things.
 
dank69 said:
Jokes on the parents. Charged as minors. Big whoop.
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The real joke that is on the parents is they have to pay for the court costs, lawyer, and fines the girls will get.

What ever happened to beating your children's ass in front of their friends as punishment? Where is the news story: parents return home to find child throwing a party, spanks child in front of all their friends, child becomes productive member of society?
 
What was a family problem is now a community problem with the taxpayers subsidizing parental discipline issues. Parents should stand on their own authority.
 
smackababy said:
The real joke that is on the parents is they have to pay for the court costs, lawyer, and fines the girls will get.

What ever happened to beating your children's ass in front of their friends as punishment? Where is the news story: parents return home to find child throwing a party, spanks child in front of all their friends, child becomes productive member of society?
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Parent goes to jail because society has determined that you're not allowed to "parent" your children anymore.
 
I'm willing to bet that these kids have Iphones, cars and everything else paid for in their life and NOTHING will be taken away as a result of their actions.

:biggrin:
 
dank69 said:
Jokes on the parents. Charged as minors. Big whoop.
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Still, pretty embarrassing when you're a kid in high school. I'm sure it'll leave a mark on the kids. We've had a lot of issues with underage drinking in recent years, from really bad car crashes to death from alcohol poisoning, so it's a pretty big deal. It's nice to see a set of parents who aren't just shoving it under the rug and ignoring it.
 
15 and 16, left home for a whole weekend. The parents should have had another adult stay in the house with them, at least overnight.
 
Vdubchaos said:
I'm willing to bet that these kids have Iphones, cars and everything else paid for in their life and NOTHING will be taken away as a result of their actions.

:biggrin:
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Yeah, but I bet affluence has it's own set of problems - how do you properly discipline a kid who has a car, a phone, and a group of rich friends, when you know as soon as they leave they can instantly get their booze & drugs somewhere else? Public shaming seems to be a pretty good answer. I think those pictures of the bullies standing on street corners holding signs is pretty great:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/...hold-pink-i-am-a-bully-sign-on-texas-highway/

http://klaw.com/oklahoma-mom-punishes-son-by-making-him-hold-bully-sign-in-public/

Peer pressure is huge for humans in general, but moreso when you're a kid and your whole life exists in school. I wonder if anyone has done studies on the long-term effects of public shaming activities like arrests or holding "I'm a bully" signs...I'm curious if they work permanently or not...
 
sixone said:
15 and 16, left home for a whole weekend. The parents should have had another adult stay in the house with them, at least overnight.
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Sure, in hindsight, but it really depends on the kid. My parents would leave us home alone way younger than that. They made sure we knew how to use the fire extinguisher, who our neighbors were for help, how to dial 911, stuff like that. Never had an issue growing up. One of the cool things was that moving to college or moving out of the house ends up not being the first time you've had to take care of yourself. I think a lot of kids go to college and go nuts with parties and frats and stuff because it's their first time being in a position to govern themselves and instead of making responsible choices, they drink and party and stay up late and that leads to skipping classes, failing out of school, etc.
 
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Kaido said:
Sure, in hindsight, but it really depends on the kid. My parents would leave us home alone way younger than that. They made sure we knew how to use the fire extinguisher, who our neighbors were for help, how to dial 911, stuff like that. Never had an issue growing up. One of the cool things was that moving to college or moving out of the house ends up not being the first time you've had to take care of yourself. I think a lot of kids go to college and go nuts with parties and frats and stuff because it's their first time being in a position to govern themselves and instead of making responsible choices, they take the bait and ruin their lives before they hit 30.
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I saw a lot of this when I was in the military. Quite a few people were fresh out of high school and have no real concept of living on their own. Thankfully, the military coddles such people rather than teaching them responsibility.
 
smackababy said:
The real joke that is on the parents is they have to pay for the court costs, lawyer, and fines the girls will get.

What ever happened to beating your children's ass in front of their friends as punishment? Where is the news story: parents return home to find child throwing a party, spanks child in front of all their friends, child becomes productive member of society?
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You know...that would be pretty embarrassing because you know it would end up on Youtube and you would never, ever live it down :biggrin:
 
Kaido said:
Sure, in hindsight, but it really depends on the kid. My parents would leave us home alone way younger than that. They made sure we knew how to use the fire extinguisher, who our neighbors were for help, how to dial 911, stuff like that. Never had an issue growing up. One of the cool things was that moving to college or moving out of the house ends up not being the first time you've had to take care of yourself. I think a lot of kids go to college and go nuts with parties and frats and stuff because it's their first time being in a position to govern themselves and instead of making responsible choices, they take the bait and ruin their lives before they hit 30.
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Well, as much as I agree with above is as much as I disagree.

I was "free range" kid and had a entire house to myself at 8. Heck even took 3 city buses to get to school at the time.

The amount of trouble I got into was quite severe and that continued on all thru my teenage years.....

Not much GOOD came out of that.
 
smackababy said:
I saw a lot of this when I was in the military. Quite a few people were fresh out of high school and have no real concept of living on their own. Thankfully, the military coddles such people rather than teaching them responsibility.
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Yeah, and I think some people need that "coddling". I have a couple friends in the military who just can't function in normal society. Having the discipline forced on them in the service makes them better human beings. Some of them have the sense to realize that they struggle and end up staying in there for life and having a way better living experience than they would on the outside.
 
Vdubchaos said:
Well, as much as I agree with above is as much as I disagree.

I was "free range" kid and had a entire house to myself at 8. Heck even took 3 city buses to get to school at the time.

The amount of trouble I got into was quite severe and that continued on all thru my teenage years.....

Not much GOOD came out of that.
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Vdubchaos' free range kids, on sale now BOGO at Whole Foods :biggrin:

Yeah and like I said, it really depends on the kid. Most of the time you know which kid is going to be a knucklehead and which kid is going to be fine on their own.
 
sixone said:
15 and 16, left home for a whole weekend. The parents should have had another adult stay in the house with them, at least overnight.
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Maybe.. probably not. I turned 17 and a week later moved out to live by myself and start college a month later. No reason 15 and 16 yr olds can't be able to stay at home by themselves for a day or two.
 
Kaido said:
Yeah, and I think some people need that "coddling". I have a couple friends in the military who just can't function in normal society. Having the discipline forced on them in the service makes them better human beings. Some of them have the sense to realize that they struggle and end up staying in there for life and having a way better living experience than they would on the outside.
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The problem is, the discipline they force doesn't teach you real life skills. So many kids I've seen come in, be forced to live in a dorm (with no financial obligations) and end up buying a car they can barely afford (but they can't balance a check book or manage money they've never made before). Then, after 3 years, they get kicked out of the dorms and are screwed. I knew a guy that bought a new car on with like a 19% interest rate loan. The worst part was he didn't know any better. He went into a dealership and they "hooked him up".
 
slag said:
Maybe.. probably not. I turned 17 and a week later moved out to live by myself and start college a month later. No reason 15 and 16 yr olds can't be able to stay at home by themselves for a day or two.
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Article says the girls had parties on Friday and Saturday, parents weren't expected back until Monday. That's four days, not one or two.

Ten to one a helpful neighbor or another parent called them with a heads-up.
 
Kaido said:
Yeah, but I bet affluence has it's own set of problems - how do you properly discipline a kid who has a car, a phone, and a group of rich friends, when you know as soon as they leave they can instantly get their booze & drugs somewhere else? Public shaming seems to be a pretty good answer. I think those pictures of the bullies standing on street corners holding signs is pretty great:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/...hold-pink-i-am-a-bully-sign-on-texas-highway/

http://klaw.com/oklahoma-mom-punishes-son-by-making-him-hold-bully-sign-in-public/

Peer pressure is huge for humans in general, but moreso when you're a kid and your whole life exists in school. I wonder if anyone has done studies on the long-term effects of public shaming activities like arrests or holding "I'm a bully" signs...I'm curious if they work permanently or not...
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Or if it simply serves to give some of these little shits just what they want: Attention and notoriety.
 
Jeff7 said:
Or if it simply serves to give some of these little shits just what they want: Attention and notoriety.
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I hardly think that is the attention they want. I know, at least when I was in school years ago, if someone was forced to do that and people saw / heard about it, bully or not, they were getting made fun of until graduation. And then if they were ever seen again later in life, that would be the thing remember about them. "Kevin? Oh, the kid with the sign. Did you become a sign spinner professionally? No? A lawyer and you're suing me... Thanks Obama!"
 
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