[MegaSilver]

Dang; that sucks. He had to do community service and you had to pay for it?

In any event, I honestly don't think juvenille halls are good correctional facilities for young people. Community service would be much better, or just putting them in stocks or something. Even a light public whipping might not be too bad.

The purpose of jail, though, should be to lock up people who have, through serious criminal disruptions (major theft, fraud, assault, murder, treason, rape, etc.) proven themselves unable to function in society.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Yep, sure did have to pay. On the bright side, he can get a good job reference from that nursing home.

I'll tell you a story. The last time my son did CS, there was a girl there, also on CS, who was asked to speak up louder when calling the bingo numbers. This little cholla witch cussed out the woman, so my boy went over and took her place. He and his sisters have spent 3 years of long hours in nursing homes and hospitals visiting their grandma. So he knows.

Discipline begins in the home. When we are prevented from doing what we're supposed to do, this the end result. My son is slowly maturing, but still has his anger management issues. Kids shouldn't be arrested for fireworks, or fistfights that don't result in injury. Make them scrub out all the school trash cans, or something.