Early Monday morning, Edmonton police received a call about a potential drunk driver. Upon finding the vehicle in the town of Ponoka, south of Edmonton, Canada’s finest began a 40 km chase when the driver refused to stop. During the chase, speeds reached up to 170 kmh (105 mph). The Mounties finally deployed 2 spike belts that brought the offender to a stop. It turned out that said offender was only 12 years old!
Apparently the kid was arrested and charged with several things, including dangerous driving and taking a vehicle without consent. It is unfortunate that they can’t send his parents in as well for failure to control the fruit of their passion!
Via CBC
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Hey Gary, interesting story. But I take exception to your statement that the parents of this child be sent in as well (what exactly are you suggesting, that they should be jailed?). You were a kid, I was a kid, we were all kids, and if you think back, really think, we all got into trouble at one point or another, and we all did things that our parents had no control over. Some kids are plain stupid and get up to no good. Being a parent of a two year old, I know I have influence and control over my child’s life and activities, but as he grows up to be a pre-teen and teenager I can’t be there every second to watch what he is doing. Some kids can be trusted and some cannot, and it is not just the parents’ influence that determines how a child will act. Unless you know more about the story and the family situation I think you should temper your comments about blaming the kid’s parents!
David it’s true that kids will be kids & that you can’t be there all the time. As the parent of 3 kids, ranging from 7 to 14 years old, I also agree that you can’t always be there. Or can you?
We live in a great, safe neighborhood & yet our 9 year old is still not allowed to ride his bike around the block when he’s by himself. When our 14 year old was about 7, one of the boys in her class would routinely show up in our neighborhood, which is close to a kilometer from his house. He comes from a great family with parents who are together and do stuff with their kids. They just don’t believe in over controlling their kids. 2 summers ago, the kid spent the better part of his summer in a juvenile detention center for stealing hubcaps. That was a kid with too long a leash.
Likewise, we recently had a neighbor’s kid selling drugs out of mom & dad’s garage. When their next door neighbor called the police, his parents had the audacity to freak out because it wasn’t her business. To this day, they feel the kid has done nothing wrong.
I’m fed up with too many people refusing to take responsibility for their actions. When the kids see their parents(and other adults) always blaming something else, the kids learn that it’s ok.
My kids may not be perfect, but when they screw up, they own up to it.
i have got to say that i am 100% for kids being punished for what they do i was a wild child when i was young too it had nothing to do with my upbringing My parents were both wonderfull careing very envolved parents sometimes are going to do what they want regardless what you instill in them i say dont nessasairly blame the parents kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for they know what they are doing throw them in jail and scare the crap out of them
punish the kids not the parents
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