Bad Parenting Alert!

First I'm going to say that I know I'm not the worlds best parent. I really suck at it sometimes. However, I do teach my kid to be responsible for his behavior and that he has to pay the consequences of his actions.

This parent however, feels differently.

After having considerable difficulties with a group of 4 kids traveling unattended on the train, train officials decided to give the kids to the local police to attend to after they were accused of stealing an Ipod from another passenger. According to Amtrak, the Ipod was returned to the rightful owner, which to me, shows that they accused the correct people in the incident.

The father of the children is seeking suit against Amtrak. He feels like it was child endangerment to scare the children by pulling them off the train in the middle of the night and placing them in police custody. The children were not jailed. They were placed in a conference room. The parent also stated that he didn't think there was anything the kids could have done that would have been justifiable to kick them off the train. I guess petty theft doesn't count in his book.

I'm sure it will be much better for the children when they are locked up in Juvenile Detention as they get a bit older and carry on in the same fashion.

So my note to the parent: this is supposed to be a learning experience for the kids. You should be telling them how lucky they are not to be booked in Juvenile Hall. You should also tell them that it could be even worse. When adults cause problems on the train, they can be dropped off in the middle of nowhere. They should be forced to imagine how much fun that would be. This is your chance to nip this in the bud and get them on their way towards being responsible for their behavior. Give it a try. Otherwise it is likely to be you that is robbed and likely beaten as this kids grow into gangsters.

see the article at
http://newsdaily.com/
Quirks/UPI-1-20070724-12152700-bc-us-tossed-crn.xml

sorry about that link, i'm having problems getting blogger to show it all.
someone save us from those kids