He who asks a question may be fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever - Tom Connelly
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Should parents pay if their children end up in trouble with the law?
Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not held responsible in most countries. This essay will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.
There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all, teenagers today are independent. Most of them often move out of the parent’s house at 18 years of age or even younger. The teenagers are expected to learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not stay like small children attached to their parents.
Despite that, parents nowadays are working. These parents cannot watch their adolescent children all the time. Even children from good families can sometimes commit crimes. Therefore, parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard to raise their children properly.
However, because of the many problems young troublemakers cause, I feel we should make parents responsible if their children end up in trouble with the law. Most juvenile crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care or make any effort to control their children. If parents had to pay fines, they might make more effort.
Besides that, even though the children may seem mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be responsible for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. Furthermore, if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think carefully before doing getting into trouble.
To sum up, there are good reasons both for and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children. However, I strongly feel that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.
Adapted from http://www.writefix.com/argument/
Once, while I was visiting a very rich friend, the maid approached me and.....
Question : "What would you like to have? Fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Capuccino, Frapuccino, or Coffee?".
Answer: "Tea please".
Question : "Ceylon tea, Indian tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush tea, Iced tea or green tea?".
Answer : "Ceylon tea".
Question : "How would you like it? Black or white?".
Answer: "White".
Question: "Milk, or fresh cream?"
Answer: "With milk".
Question: "Goat's milk, or cow's milk?".
Answer: "With cow's milk please".
Question: "Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?"
Answer: "Um, I'll just take it black".
Question: "Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?".
Answer: "With sugar".
Question: "Beet sugar or cane sugar?".
Answer: "Cane sugar".
Question: "White, brown or yellow sugar?".
Answer: "Forget about the tea, just give me a glass of water instead".
Question: "Mineral water, tap water or distilled water?".
Answer: "Mineral water".
Question: "Flavored or non-flavored?"
Answer: "I think I'll just die of thirst".
I can keep the cans and all the bottles of my mineral and drinking waters. I don't simply throw them in the dustbin, but I send them to the recycling centre. Some of the recycling centres even pay you if you send your cans and bottles to them. I bet you can get extra pocket money if you carry this responsibility.
Many of us set dry leaves on fire. We don't want to waste our money, time and energy bury the leaves or do something with them so they can decompose naturally. I cringe at the sight of people littering out of the car windows or even they ride their bike. It pisses me off but those are simply things that they are used to.
I will keep my food wrappers, even my can drinks in my bags first before I throw them. I segregate all the unwanted things so I know which one to be disposed and to be recycled. I really hope you can also start with this habit.
It breaks my heart when I see the image of people killing the sea lions, tigers, leopards and elephants heartlessly without mercy. It is just so sad. That is why change is crucial. We need to change the way we live and think about the environment.
Someone had asked me about this phrase yesterday. Why the Monday morning blues?
