Damn skippy! If they cannot HOME train then to be clean, responsible, respect a person to a certain extent, have common sense, then they need to get to a place where their out of control behavior will be welcomed with violence, assaults and some BROMANCE and GIRLMANCE; the pokey……

if you dont believe that the apple doesnt fall far from the tre, you are sadly mistaken. yes parents and pnly parents are to blame for a childs behavior. most of us want to let the television raise our children any dam way. or put it on the public school system to raise our children. a barney dvd or some toys. then we are shocked when we find out that our children are sooooooooo f**ked up in the head and have some retarded ass point of view.

It takes a village to raise a child. But at the end of the day, it is the parents responsibility.

I think yes…..and it depends on the nature of the problem or what the kid did. As a parent, i can tell my son day in and day out till i am blue in the face what is right and what is wrong in life and what to do and what not to do…but as he steps out the house and away from me, i can’t be there 24/7 but i hope and pray he will make the right decision on things. I am a very hands on mother and my son knows whats up……but yeah i have caught him in a few lies about where he was riding his bike to….of course he was punished each time for lying….but really sometimes i feel no matter what we say or how much we punish or give them life lessons we can’t control what they will do outside of our home or as adults. Now if the parents are in total denial or like my neighbors whose kids are out of control, now their momma she don’t care either way and she will tell ya to ya face….now that right there is an example of parents not caring.

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Parents,Guardians,Teachers,society or lack their of..You have to be a positive presence in their lives so they have a better chance of making better decisions…This is usually how it happens..

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I say half and half…Because we have seen so many wonderful human beings who have been dealt a sad, and horrific hand growing up. Yet despite that they had the will, faith and courage to be better–to do better. I feel you can only blame your parents for so much before you take responsibility for yourself, or before you decide “I want more out of life”.

Yes, I am a single parent of a 17 year old and for every action that he does, I have to take responsibility to ensure that he learns and understand the consequences of wrong-doing. As parents we do our best to make sure that our children grow up to be upstanding members in the community however, outside influences now a days are stronger than what it was when we were growing up. Our job is to ensure that our kids are strong enough to choose the right path, should they choose the wrong one, it’s our job to teach them the lesson for their future.

I am a parent of an 18 year old and I’m 35…do the the math I was 16 when I had him HOWEVER, I’ve never allowed that to be a hinderance in our life. Parenting…even though he’s 18..is something that you can never grow weary in doing. What I mean is our children will be face with many outside influences. As a parent it is my DUTY to ensure that my child understands those influences and that I instill in him the necessary tools that he needs to overcome the outside influences. In doing so that takes a maturity level on my side which in turn ALOT of parents DO NOT HAVE! Always remember the limb is only as strong as the tree!

I’m going to say absolutely yes. The first teacher for a child is usually his/her parents. If mom and dad don’t know how to behave then how do you expect the child to behave? I work for the school district and I see it on an everyday basis. Very sad and disappointing.

98% of the time YES!
the reason i say this is because it comes a time in a CHILD’S life where they have to make decisions for themselves. when they become old enough,whatever age that may be(it’s relative), to know EXACTLY what is right and is wrong. they have been CONSTANTLY burned by the fire and STILL touches it knowing what will happen, that is when it’s ON THEM!
I DO NOT have any children but i once was a child!
raised in the southern baptist church, mother was CONSTANTLY on my ass about school, being courteous,being a gentleMAN,and showing respect for others. my father was in my life as well but i still played with the fire afer i’ve been burned a few times. needless to say my mother,grandmother, and father did a great job if you ask others.
98% yes!

society plays a HUGE part also. sometimes a stable family can’t combat a chaotic environment.

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100 percent!! You have until the age of 5 to ‘shape’ a child how you want them to be. After that it will be too late.

I was raised “old School”, & very proud of it!! My parents got in my butt when I was wrong and if it was not for their guidance I would be out of control. I see nothing wrong with checking the hell out of “Your Child”… I would rather do it from birth than have a judge & jury check her/him later in life and look at me like a failure as a parent. Parents need to step up and be parent than a friends to their child/children. Spare the rod, spoil the child!!

And to add so many of the ‘out of control’ kids–their paretns usually say ‘you werent raised like this!’

If they were anything like my parents,especially mom,parents would be stopping by the school unannounced to see how their kids were behaving.Hell,I never had a chance to act up because i had the kind of parents that would pop up from behind a tree .lmao.im not kidding.i thank them for that because it made me act right when I was away from them for fear of them popping up were i was at. :) memories.

Oh and best believe,when I decide to become a mother,im going to be doing. the same damn thing.But im going to do it smoother not raw like my parents.lmao.Im just going to be like ,,,honey,you forgot your lunch again and just show up at the school.lmao..im not kidding..