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Father Jailed for difficult child's School Refusal
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 154932" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>What bothers me the most about this is that it is indicative of every agency in our society right now that acts like they know what is best and wants to prove that they have ultimate authority, but what they actually achieved- and the only thing they achieved- was to pit the parent against the child. It might be true that he was a good parent or it might be true that there is more to this story and he failed in some way. in my humble opinion, it doesn't matter, because instead of the community giving him or the kid whatever it is that was needed to improve the situation (like backing for him or therapy for her or whatever), they just threw the last straw in and left a situation where either the parent tries to cover for the kid or spends his time having to CYA- when he should be able to spend his time doing what he thinks is best for the kid- punishment or therapy or whatever. Maybe my way of thinking is amiss, but I thought it was supposed to be that the community backed up the parent (as long as it is a fit parent) instead of doing things that increased tension in a family.</p><p></p><p>If we support, provide for, and don't abuse our children in any way (physically or emotionally) and don't allow people in our homes (intentionally) who do and we are not incompetent parents, then shouldn't we be allowed to raise our children as we see fit? I'm saying if we aren't parents who teach our kids that breaking the law is ok or hurting someone is ok- but parents like we are on this board- should the government have authority to tell us how to raise our kids? If they spent as much time and money into help for our families instead of what they are doing and supported the right of the parent, would our families be better off and our kids turn out a lot better for themselves and for the community?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 154932, member: 3699"] What bothers me the most about this is that it is indicative of every agency in our society right now that acts like they know what is best and wants to prove that they have ultimate authority, but what they actually achieved- and the only thing they achieved- was to pit the parent against the child. It might be true that he was a good parent or it might be true that there is more to this story and he failed in some way. in my humble opinion, it doesn't matter, because instead of the community giving him or the kid whatever it is that was needed to improve the situation (like backing for him or therapy for her or whatever), they just threw the last straw in and left a situation where either the parent tries to cover for the kid or spends his time having to CYA- when he should be able to spend his time doing what he thinks is best for the kid- punishment or therapy or whatever. Maybe my way of thinking is amiss, but I thought it was supposed to be that the community backed up the parent (as long as it is a fit parent) instead of doing things that increased tension in a family. If we support, provide for, and don't abuse our children in any way (physically or emotionally) and don't allow people in our homes (intentionally) who do and we are not incompetent parents, then shouldn't we be allowed to raise our children as we see fit? I'm saying if we aren't parents who teach our kids that breaking the law is ok or hurting someone is ok- but parents like we are on this board- should the government have authority to tell us how to raise our kids? If they spent as much time and money into help for our families instead of what they are doing and supported the right of the parent, would our families be better off and our kids turn out a lot better for themselves and for the community? [/QUOTE]
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