Parents must take responsibility for children's behaviour

Summarised from Bournemouth Echo's report · Updated 11 Oct, 06:24 · Archive

Dorset's police and crime commissioner says parents must know where their children are and what they are doing.

Dorset's police and crime commissioner has said that parents and carers should know where their children are, who they are with and what they are doing, arguing this is not an unreasonable expectation. The comments come as national discussions focus on strengthening parenting orders and increasing accountability for parents whose children repeatedly engage in crime or serious anti-social behaviour.

The commissioner acknowledges that being a parent or carer today is incredibly difficult, with families facing pressures from social media and internet dangers that previous generations did not contend with. Most parents and carers do a fantastic job, the commissioner says, and the vast majority of young people are law-abiding citizens. However, the commissioner argues there are too many cases where parents either do not know what their children are doing or choose not to confront unacceptable behaviour when it emerges.

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