[Smokin' Joe]

What should have been a discussion between first-time-offender and a representative of the juvenile justice system became a court trial.

WTF??? Have people gone insane?

What (at most) should have been a conversation between parents and children has become a nanny-state circus, complete with the entire entourage.

How can children learn to sort their differences out like adults when the adults go running to the authorities over stuff this dumb?

The humiliation of a "titty twister" is nothing compared to being in the news for mom and dad whining about it.

ARRRRRRGH!

[spinestein]

[What (at most) should have been a conversation between parents and children has become a nanny-state circus, complete with the entire entourage. How can children learn to sort their differences out like adults when the adults go running to the authorities over stuff this dumb?]


Unfortunately, this has now become necessary in many cases.

It used to be when one kid crossed the line in his behavior against other kids, a phone call to the offending kid's parents "fixed" the situation.

Now, there are many parents who refuse to believe ill of their priceless children and don't administer discipline on them as needed.

The result is either the victim's parents engaging in vigilantism against the offending minor because his own parents aren't taking care of the problem, or bringing the incident into the venue of law enforcement.