Originally posted by WindDancer
If they're a very low income family with no money. Then there is no crime and the charges should be drop. And the county should immediatly provide help for these people. Only
i disagree...there is far to much disregard for personal responsibility in society...every crime seems to be coupled with the cliche of the "bad childhood"
its a cop out and its the same kind of mentality that have given rise to the compensation culture in which there is always someone to blame for everything and "where theres blame...theres a claim"
if the parents did indeed force the kids into stealing for them then the kids should be taken into care...if the kids are savvy enough to steal and say the parents put them up to it then they know what they did is wrong and should be punished
We're talking about a 6 year old child not some 13 year old teenager that already has some knowledge of his actions. The child was told to steal something (which of course is wrong) for the mother. The mother is the one that will face the consenquences. And we don't know if this woman is in sucha bad terrible monetary condition that she is force to steal.
Yes, this should be punishiable BUT you also look into the reasons that force this woman to do this type of action. Don't be all high and mighty and just condemn a person for their wrong actions (in this case stealing) There must be some reasons that drove this woman to use her kids to commit a crime.
This is what I really think about this whole punishing young children as criminals -
I think they're not mentaly mature to know the real consiquesnces of what they're doing. I also think that people should work with problematic children rahter than punish them harshly and label them.
Once they're labaled as criminals young, I believe they will eventually try to live up to it.
They're ****ing 6 years old! Any state that even considering pressing charges against kids that age should be nuked immediately.
And for stealing diapers? DIAPERS!? I mean I could understand making a big deal maybe if they stole a car and ran over 20 people after raping some woman, but come on...for diapers? Get over it.
Hell no they shouldn't press charges against the kids. All people ever preach to little kids is to obey their parents, the kids were just doing what they were told. Yeah they need to be taught that stealing is wrong and what they did was a big deal but since they were forced to do it punishing them is really unfair.
As for the mother, yes she should be punished. I understand times get rough and life gets hard, but she put her kids in a situation that she shouldn't have and she deserves punishment. She taught her kids to go into a store and steal and that's never an ok thing to do. I understand the whole "stealing bread to feed your family thing" but if she's going to resort to stealing stuff she should have stole it herself and never let her kids find out about it.
Re: Guilty or Non-Guilty?
Originally posted by Gisele
Two kids the age of 6 and 8 walk into a grocery store all by themselves.
They steal diapers and were caught. The 6 year old said that his mother made him. The county is thinking of pressing charges against the kid. Guilty or Non-Guilty?..Should the mother be blamed?
Yes the mom should be blamed.Specially for the ages of such young children.JM 😎
No, I think think at that age it should be the parents responsibility to discipline the child, to insure it doesn't happen again (although to be honest, kids can do criminals things, we see more and more of that in the world of late). However, if the mother put them up to it, the blame rests with her, as really, they were just doing as they were told, and she should be charged. Its really quiet disgusting how some people use their children, like using them in crimes.
I believe that once you're at least 13, you're old enough (or very well should be) to know what you're doing.
I believe persecuting a near infant is a bit much, not because they'll live up to it....but because they are 6, they just think of it as being naughty and it can be stopped with parenting. If they got told to do it, then the mother can't get charged either really, although she'd be in the wrong.
You don't charge a 6 year old for vandalism if he knocks a jar off the shelf in a store do you?
-AC
Originally posted by Gisele
Two kids the age of 6 and 8 walk into a grocery store all by themselves.
They steal diapers and were caught. The 6 year old said that his mother made him. The county is thinking of pressing charges against the kid. Guilty or Non-Guilty?..Should the mother be blamed?
they should talk to the mother and then give her diapers 😑