[areukiddingme1]

So what if your next door neighbor’s kid was selling heroine out of their house...You’re okay with that I suppose. At some point the homeowner has to take responsibility for the actions of their inhabitants of their home.

Or...not I suppose and then kids can go on dealing out of mom and dad’s basements forever and because it isn’t the kids home no one has to be held accountable and there is no threat of the law so no one has to comply.

I guess that is cool now.

We choose not sell drugs out of our home...sorry, were just sort of old fashioned that way and if one of my kids was selling drugs, I would be the first to call the cops.

[Marie]

Yeah. And I would also be the first to call the cops... IF I KNEW ABOUT IT.

Hubs and I were authoritarian parents. What did we get from that?

Great liars.

Yes. Eventually, they settled down and became great people, but we had three years of hell in the mean time.

Do *not* try to tell me that if you bring them up right, they will never stray from the path you laid out before them. Human beings have free will and they will exercise that will the first chance they get.

So you seriously think that the parents should pay the price? Fine. What about the landlord? What about the hotel owner? What abut the new boyfriend/girlfriend? What about the buddy that you let crash at your place for two nights?

The way that the law is written - the landlord is responsible for land that they own. Even if they’re renting. (There’s a couple who own a hotel that are fighting this now.)

When does individual responsibility come into the mix with this *at* *all*? The person who does the crime does the time.

Period.

[ConservingFreedom]

kids can go on dealing out of mom and dad’s basements forever and because it isn’t the kids home no one has to be held accountable and there is no threat of the law

The law can arrest and prosecute the dealer. Property seizure with no trial is communism - are you a communist?

[Gabz]

We choose not sell drugs out of our home...sorry, were just sort of old fashioned that way and if one of my kids was selling drugs, I would be the first to call the cops.

And your house would be confiscated - since you are so accepting of this, why don't you just turn it over to the government and save them the trouble of finding some reason just to snatch it from you.

[petitfour]

Do you think you should not lose your home if your child sells drugs out of your home just because you report her?