parental accountability
October 31st, 2007 | 
Category: Second post for today.
I just read that a “boy” was playing with matches and accidentally started one of the fires that swept through Southern California, destroying thousands of acres of land, burned down 21 homes, and injured 14 people.
There’s talk about whether or not the “boy” should be punished; if so, how harshly; and should the parents also be held accountable.
I put “boy” in quotations because they haven’t said how old the kid is, so I’m not sure if he’s on the younger side or the older side.
In any case…
…here’s another reason why I question this whole parenthood thing. If you didn’t already know, I don’t have kids and don’t have the desire to give birth anytime soon.
- Hell, when I was 8 years old, I backed my grandmother’s car into the neighbor’s fence. There are a million things to be thankful for in that situation, because I could’ve killed someone, done major damage to their house, hit another car, or even hurt myself. But fortunately, no one was hurt, and the neighbors were cool about it. They had planned on taking that fence down anyway, so they thanked me for the help.
But had the shit gone down for the worse, you better believe my mom (and even grandma) would’ve been feeling the ramifications of my actions. Why was this 8 year old in a car alone? Where were you? Didn’t you tell her that cars are not toys? And so on, and so on.
I say……its the risk of being a parent. Yeah kids are great and they bring you joy (I guess); but the fact remains that as a parent, you are not only responsible for your actions, but for your offspring’s as well. Sometimes your kid does things, things you told them not to do, and sometimes those things can get you into trouble. As long as the child is considered a minor, they are your burden to bear.
Tough.
This is SHESOPINIONATED.com,
and everyone is entitled to my opinion.
damn…so that’s what started it huh?
wow. I wonder if the parents came forward or if they were found out…lol
Mmmhmmm, they were fount out. The investigators tracked the boy down, and he fessed up.
~B. Good
In a place like that, why would you even own matches? Why?
I think knowing the monstrosity of what he did will be punishment enough.
I definitely think parents are responsible for your child’s actions. That’s why people need to think VERY carefully before they decide to become parents. It’s one of the biggest responsibilities one will ever have in life. If it comes to the point that someone can no longer control their child, they need to turn them over to someone that can before they seriously hurt someone or themselves.
I’m sorry. But please explain to me how does one find matches or remnants of matches within thousands of acres of burn damage? Aint the fire still burning anyway? Shouldn’t someone be out with some water hoses/buckets/helicopter drops/supersoakers fore we all BBQ? This really needs to be an episode of CSI so I can see how they drew that conclusion!
Dying over the Governator vowing to “hunt down” folx, and they can’t sleep soundly cause “we’r right behind them”! COMEDY!!!!
But to comment on parents, I agree parents should be responsible of for their kids, but to hold the responsibility of fire damage to acres upon acres of land is too much, it was an accident. And I really think they looking for somebody/ANYBODY to point a finger at cause they can’t contain it fast enough. The degree of parents responsibilities for accidents shouldn’t be held higher than other accidents, parents make mistakes too.
Girl you know I was all over this story when I found out a goddamn kid was responsible for such a disaster.
This little arsonist firebug needs to be put in a juvenile detention center!
Anyway, that said I kinda feel for the parents. I know that might seem shocking but honestly, who can watch their little hellion 24 hours a day? I’m not a parent so I don’t know how it is. I have though seen shitty kids and good kids and there has been a common theme…being a good parent to a kid doesn’t mean it won’t turn out to be a hard-headed lil fucker and being a bad parent doesn’t mean your kid will automatically suck. I’ve seen good kids come from bad homes and vice versa.
I think this is why I don’t want kids. You can’t predict what you’re gonna get, you can do your best but mostly kids go their own way and I think sometimes all of the shitty things they do can’t be automatically be blamed on their parents…