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Originally Posted by Easy 6
I disagree that professional interference would be bad, what if that kids (and kids like him) parents are incapable of or unwilling to, provide that attention, love, and guidance?
Not saying thats the answer for every scenario, but theres no doubt that a lot of parents out there have no right to be one, are incapable of being one... that could very well be this kids problem, it would help explain what a kid his age is doing in a store unsupervised God knows how far from home.
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This may be correct. Some people just aren't fit to be parents.
I'm just always hesitant to throw children in the state system. I'm sure there are tons of success stories but just as many that don't work out. In the system, like at home, for many of these kids they just because a case number or they're moved around from home to home or they're constantly probed by adopting families. I couldn't imagine the letdown of meeting prospective adopting families only to be told they decided to go with a different child or something like that.
Once again, in this situation you might be right. I just wish it could be taken care of at home instead.
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Originally Posted by Chiefaholic
Life without consequence leads to irresponsible people who are a burden to society. Had either of my children even attempted to pull that stunt, I would have spanked their ass right there in the store and (owner permitting) forced the kid to put everything back on the shelf, pay for broken items, then apologize.
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We actually agree here. I'm just saying the plan of action you initially proposed just isn't something that could actually go down in our society. You'd have no power, as just a random bystander, to do anything besides call the police.