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Ok, here's my opinion!

My kids (both boys, see my profile) have never NEVER jumped into puddles. Why? Because when they were too little to understand that we are a single income family, I was with them constantly holding them by the proverbial "scruff of the neck" keeping them from it. As they got older and had a better understanding of the cost of things and how we must take care of our shoes, I was able to reason with them that jumping in the puddle wasn't worth the consequences of ruining their shoes!

So, I contend that the problem began when this child was little and somehow missed the teaching that he should take care of his shoes. And the arrest is just a continuation of the problem, that there is no one disciplining the children except for "authorities" who really have no clue on how to do it.

Sending your kids to a school that is paid for by the government is simply accepting welfare, you get what you get, just like WIC. If you want any say in what is done to your child, you should homeschool or send them to private school.

"A child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame." (Proverbs 29:15)