Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on March 21, 2007

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You need to add that the parents are responsible for paying for the counseling.

dictatorship in lansingistan. If you think these people give a rats patoot about anybodys well being then I have a global warming movie to sell you.

Under what conditions will a parent be "punished?" The operating assumption is that bad kids always come from bad homes. While commonly true, it certainly is not always true. I don't want to trust the courts on this one.

Many times parents don't know where their kids are. Why is that? As a responsible parent you need to know where your kids are and have rules, boundaries and limitations set for the kids to follow. If the parents don't know how to do this, then there is counseling to help them develop a plan and work that plan. 3 months of counseling is a start. I'd rather not pay for another inmate at Jackson Prison but rather have a productive, responsible, and self-sufficient member of society that would not be a burden on an already over taxed system in this state.

We need more jobs. "It's about the economy...."

There is however one problem many times kids end up on the wrong side of the law without the parents having any clue there was a problem.The counseling for the family might be a good idea but the $1000.00 fine is just a grab from the state to rob from the poorest among us because we all know the stats it is usually the poor families that end up with kids in serious trouble nothing is 100% but that is usually the case . The thing is we need common sense now and saving a child or attemping to save a child from a life of crime is always a worth while effort.I think the state can do this without this type of legislation that takes a bad situation and makes it worst.

Please. Good bill.

they can be responsible for their actions OR ELSE! About time! We'd have less gang members if parents knew where their kids were and WHAT THEY WERE UP TO!

the couch, get off the internet and GO SEE WHERE YOUR KID IS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Put down the 40 ouncer or the meth pipe and visually check on them, do something with them, help them with their homework, SOMETHING!

Good stuff.

ACCOUNTABILITY! Either parents make it happen or they pay up. There is a CHOICE involved here. Get your *&*^*() together or we'll fine you AND HELP YOU! Merciful yet tough. I like tough! Do you know where YOUR kid is? Ought to be the new state motto!

I love it!

Let's work on that, legislators. Toughen' up!

It all goes together. Why would a business want to bring its PEOPLE here if it's not SAFE for them because of teen violence? Think about it. It's all connected.

are is one thing, knowing who they are dealing with is another. knowing that they are probably going to lie to you about both is a reality that some parents fail to grasp. taking a look into juniors room every so often might just turn up a few 'gems' about the life he is living. look for the cigarettes, the drugs, the weapons, and the other things that you don't want in your house. this lets him know that you believe in "trust but verify". if you don't let him know you do it, you will have a much better success rate.

This will be good for all those parents that don't bother to show up at conferences to see how their kid is doing, what they are up to, who they ARE hanging aroud with. Sure many parents already DO, but they probably don't need to worry about their kids ending up in kiddy jail.

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Enough party politics. Could we do our jobs here?

Parents need to step up, and stop being so SELF-CENTERED.

Parents need to step up, and stop being so SELF-CENTERED.