I'm going to make a supposition that when you're 11, you're still under your parents' control. Or you should be.
The kids rights movement has taught kids that it's okay to disrespect/disregard authority figures. It's their "right" to do whatever they want to, and their parents back that up. I agree, this girl should have gone quietly with the police without a fight. But then again, she's Hispanic, and possibly very afraid of police in general. (In my hometown, every member of the police force is a KKK member - not kidding - and believe me, the one time I was pulled over at 18 I feared for my life)
I think some of this needs to rest with re-educating parents as well as getting kids into some type of vocational community service. Maybe doing house arrest, vocational community service and parent/child counseling. Putting kids in jail turns them into criminals. They need good role models and discipline. If they can't get that at home, we need to help them find it somewhere else before things spiral out of control.
And, who ever knows what goes on in the mind of an 11-year-old?!
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Date: 2005-08-04 06:14 am (UTC)The kids rights movement has taught kids that it's okay to disrespect/disregard authority figures. It's their "right" to do whatever they want to, and their parents back that up. I agree, this girl should have gone quietly with the police without a fight. But then again, she's Hispanic, and possibly very afraid of police in general. (In my hometown, every member of the police force is a KKK member - not kidding - and believe me, the one time I was pulled over at 18 I feared for my life)
I think some of this needs to rest with re-educating parents as well as getting kids into some type of vocational community service. Maybe doing house arrest, vocational community service and parent/child counseling. Putting kids in jail turns them into criminals. They need good role models and discipline. If they can't get that at home, we need to help them find it somewhere else before things spiral out of control.
And, who ever knows what goes on in the mind of an 11-year-old?!