Posted on 08/12/2025 5:10:55 PM PDT by Libloather
The kids aren’t alright — and their parents won’t be, either!
Moms and dads in a New Jersey suburb can be tossed in prison and fined for their badly behaving children — under a bonkers new ordinance that some say strips parents of their rights and potentially sets a “dangerous precedent.”
The new law in Gloucester Township, passed in late July, is called “Minors and Parent Responsibility” and stipulates that parents will be held “accountable for public disturbances caused by” their child, and could go to jail for three months if their kids are found guilty of multiple offenses.
“Parents are feeling pretty outraged,” Alex Bougher, chair of the Bergen County chapter of parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty, told The Post Tuesday. “They’re getting attacked from every angle here.”
The ordinance is the result of a massive brawl that broke out last year among a throng of 500 minors at the Gloucester Township Day and Drone Show, according to NJ.com. Eleven people — including nine teens — were arrested. Three officers were also injured.
The juvenile offenses that fall under the new law are sweeping — there are 28 in total — with “being a disorderly person,” “immorality,” “destruction of playground equipment” and “loitering” joining the likes of assault, mugging, drunkenness and drug dealing.
“If a child is repeatedly found guilty in juvenile court, their caretaker could face up to 90 days in prison and/or a fine of up to $2,000,” Gloucester Township Police said in a recent release clarifying the law.
Police Chief David Harkins told NJ.com that the law consisted of “general legal language” and that parents would receive a warning first for the kids’ bad behavior.
“Our ordinance was actually sampled from other towns,” Harkins said, referring to the Jersey Shore’s Wildwood...
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Is spanking allowed in NJ?
Parents are responsible for their kids at least through age 18. Too many parents feel it’s someone else’s responsibility to watch over their kids. Nope...not any more. The chickens are coming home to roost.
NJ parents: get your little animals under control.
The sooner the better.
Or even six months.
And deservedly so.
Good question.
This law will only be enforced on white families, no way they will ever use it on families of color.
It would be rayciss to use it against POC.
Or try everyone as adults. If Mom doesn’t want to take the fall for little Bobby, it’s adios Bobby.
Loosers and criminals beget loosers and criminals.
Well, extend it to teachers and administrators if the bad kids misbehave at school. That would encourage a return of the “board of education”.
Might cure some of those cases of “Autism Spectrum” and ADD as well.
Marry before you have sex and have the father discipline the kids as they grow. Problem solved. Why is this so complicated?
Well, you can't go after the baby daddy if no one knows who he is. And it's granny or great granny raising the kid - it's not like there's a mother around to arrest either. So you can only enforce it against parents who are parents.
Yesterday I said that’s what should be done in DC — prosecute the parents of all the underage criminals.
“no way they will ever use it on families of color.”
Because they NEVER will be able to identify, much less find, the fathers.
The Republican should take this and run. It might help them win. Say no to parents being in jail. I think they should be if the republican can get these pissed off parents to vote for them, they could be the whole ball game especially how close the race is. The education discussion worked in Virginia four years ago.
Bravo bravo... applause... finally something that will make parents more responsible
Ping!
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