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The night Demarco Harris shot and killed a woman during a robbery on a Detroit street, his parents told police knocking on their door at 2 a.m. they didn't know where their 12-year-old was.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said that's indicative of a larger issue in Detroit, where the lack of making parents accountable for their children partly is blamed on elevated truancy and dropout rates, as well as a recent rash of violent crimes involving teens.
Worthy has a new idea she hopes will fix the problem: Jail parents for up to three days for repeatedly missing scheduled parent-teacher conferences.
Originally posted by 1curious1
but here this person goes trying to right all wrongs of a few lousy parents but placing an unnecessary burden on everyone else.
Originally posted by ThaLoccster
Worthy has a new idea she hopes will fix the problem: Jail parents for up to three days for repeatedly missing scheduled parent-teacher conferences.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
The free market takes care of all these problems when it is allowed to work correctly.
The government creates moral hazard by subsidizing peoples lifestyles.
Originally posted by mnemeth1
There is no problem a government gun can't solve.
Originally posted by Doubleagent
I see this personally as very reasonable, unless the parent has a legitimate excuse for missing it and attepmts to reschedule. Did you know that the average graduation rate for DPS is around 24-27%?
Parents, espically there, need to become more involved with their kids' acidemic success.