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父母是否应对少年犯罪负责

Should parents be responsible for the kids crime?

A recent report showing a 14-year-old child has killed her grandmother. The incident itself is very stunning to the public. Just as shown in the topic, crimes are not supposed to be done by younger people who are not legally responsible for what they did. What seems urgent for us is my appeals for those parents who should take the responsibility for any thing like this which should be prevented in advance.( 72)

The most sounding reason for this is child should be supervised not only by school but also by his direct custody—his parents. No matter what blame we could put on child who has limited awareness of knowing what is correct to do and what is not, parents are not free from the duty that is already endowed by the society to watch their kids growing healthily. Moreover, parents inevitable duty to educate their kids, let them know more about legal issues and right behaviors which is their basic lesson for life. We could be sure a kid is a good kid without any discipline of their parents. (108)

In terms of discipline, parents should also take the responsibility to face some punishment as they are supposed to be disciplined by the cruelty of society. Any kind of the crime indicated by the above itself means a lot to them and they should face the all around blames from the society and neighborhood. The loss of such a lawsuit will result in either the loss of face of their dignity and loss of money in order to cover the compensation for the victims. (84)

So far so good, as for the age of kids who should take legal responsibility to such crime, the law has already settled for it. Countries around the world vary greatly. There is no fixed line, but one thing is sure, as soon as you grow into adult you should be responsible for what you do in society (58)