Kids screwing up? Out you go.
Hi, A.C.: There are certainly many many cases wherein parents/ carers/ sperm and egg donors are clearly negligent and have more than a small hand in their offsprings' misdeeds and in those cases the "parents" should be made to participate in the reparations. But -- and I say this not knowing the particulars of these perps' family lives, and pro'ly sounding a bit huggy-feely -- if there are already stresses on the family (poverty, divorce, crap education system) even the best- intentioned parents might be pulled too thin to effectively, um, parent. Even the obvious solution ("if you can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em") doesn't apply if the best laid plans have gone aglee with a medical bankruptcy or other reversal of fortune. Not sure how to address this one.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
