Exactly.
It's up to the PARENT'S to ensure that their children succeed. The government should never ever ever step in and threaten the parent's.
Well now, was it Chicago back years ago when the poor that lived in the city tenement's on welfare were told that if they, their children, visitors or family were arrested for drugs and a whole slew of other things they would be put on the streets and their check cut off ???
The City was not making idol threats, in one month 3 little girls were beaten and raped in the buildings by perv's and drunks. Kids coming home from school had to step over hookers doing men in the halls, this place was a nightmare.
I believe over 100 family's were put on the streets in a few months, suddenly the hookers disappeared to do business off property and the kids who were hanging out on the streets were back in school. If one was a resident in the projects and was visiting a neighbor that was arrested while you were in their home ----not just the neighbor but YOU too were out the door.
The older kids were getting the crap beat out of them for hanging out with gang members as the parents knew that they and their welfare baby's would be homeless with no where to go and no money if little Bobby got caught up to mischief.---Mommas suddenly wanted to know where the kids were ever day, 24/7.
The kids had one heck of a responsibility to make sure they stayed out of trouble and the people themselves made sure the drunks, druggies, and hookers, family's with kids in gangs were out of the buildings.
It did not take long for the people living in the projects to learn the hard way that if they did not follow the rules--- that they were responsible for their actions, the actions of their family's and what went on in their rent free apartments, then they would have to make it on their own with no City, or State help.
It worked,for 6-9 months and when life was becoming safe, in marched the ACLU. After the ACLU got done helping the poor and down trodden, things became even worse in the projects.
Back came the hookers, the thieves the gangs, not to mention this new breed of people that cooked Meth in their kitchens.
It is sad that people that refuse to train their dogs and allow them to become a threat to the community are considered bad owners and the dogs are taken from them. They have to pay a large fine.
People that refuse to parent their children and set them loose on society are not themselves considered responsible for their bad parenting. The kids get in trouble and go home to teach their brothers and sisters all the great stuff they learned in detention.
One of my friends worked as a Guard at the county lock up and she said she knew right away when a kid was brought in who would be returning again just watching the interaction with a young kid and his family.
