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speede5 · 01-09-2015, 05:12 PM

You know, I do understand the courts view that the kid is responsible, and that responsibility passes to the parents since he's a minor, and with this being such an excessive amount it seems super unfair. Most of us would just pay the price of a window or some other minor item and just make our kids pay it off, and life would go on.

I think I'm more upset at the hard stance so many have that 'hell ya the idiot parents should pay!' This is all over facebook and it just makes me sick.

We know nothing of the parents, like I said earlier I know lots of parents who are trying really hard and you just can't control kids. I think most people can find some point in their life where they did something that was 1 degree away from tragedy. And I have no doubt most of the pitchfork crowd have no idea how close some of their perfect (read lucky) kids have been to similar circumstances.

I just watched a youth steal a car, crash into another, and drive right through the front window of a restaurant. Around 100 grand in damage. This kids parents have no control over this kid, she is doing what she wants to do. In and out of juvie, so what now? Do the parents have to pay? SGI will be putting a lien on her for life. As it should be. But to bankrupt or hold a lynch mob for caring parents? So wrong.

01-09-2015, 05:12 PM	#91
speede5 First Line Centre Join Date: Sep 2009 Exp:	You know, I do understand the courts view that the kid is responsible, and that responsibility passes to the parents since he's a minor, and with this being such an excessive amount it seems super unfair. Most of us would just pay the price of a window or some other minor item and just make our kids pay it off, and life would go on. I think I'm more upset at the hard stance so many have that 'hell ya the idiot parents should pay!' This is all over facebook and it just makes me sick. We know nothing of the parents, like I said earlier I know lots of parents who are trying really hard and you just can't control kids. I think most people can find some point in their life where they did something that was 1 degree away from tragedy. And I have no doubt most of the pitchfork crowd have no idea how close some of their perfect (read lucky) kids have been to similar circumstances. I just watched a youth steal a car, crash into another, and drive right through the front window of a restaurant. Around 100 grand in damage. This kids parents have no control over this kid, she is doing what she wants to do. In and out of juvie, so what now? Do the parents have to pay? SGI will be putting a lien on her for life. As it should be. But to bankrupt or hold a lynch mob for caring parents? So wrong.