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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Newportnobby on June 01, 2021, 09:53:16 AM

Title: Penance
Post by: Newportnobby on June 01, 2021, 09:53:16 AM
Good to see some parents have the decency to admit their kids were wrong..........

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/teens-trashed-model-village-volunteer-182104744.html

Also pleased to see the parents of the 3 kids who trashed the Model Railway Exhibition in Stamford have had to cough up. I either didn't know or had forgotten the final result.
I've long held the opinion the parents should be held responsible for the actions of their offspring.
Title: Re: Penance
Post by: Bealman on June 01, 2021, 10:39:27 AM
In my teaching career, I was up against this all the time.

The kids only reflected their parents behaviour.

But the kids were always nicer.
Title: Re: Penance
Post by: Malc on June 01, 2021, 01:15:07 PM
I suspect the compensation didn't cover the lost revenue of the traders or the loss of entry fees and cost in time and money of remodelling the layouts.
Title: Re: Penance
Post by: guest311 on June 01, 2021, 02:12:54 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on June 01, 2021, 09:53:16 AM
I've long held the opinion the parents should be held responsible for the actions of their offspring.

you are naive, most of them are not even responsible for their own actions, let alone expecting them to instill some form of responsibility into their offspring.

back off to the naughty step again. :-[
Title: Re: Penance
Post by: RailGooner on June 01, 2021, 03:19:23 PM
Quote from: class37025 on June 01, 2021, 02:12:54 PM
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most of them are ...

I often agree with a lot of what you say, but hardly ever support the way you say it. "most parents" aka "the majority of parents", a group that likely includes myself, MBH and at least 51% of the other forum members who are parents. Such imprecise targetting of your argument greatly undermines it.
Title: Re: Penance
Post by: Newportnobby on June 01, 2021, 03:52:24 PM
Not to put words in his mouth but I took Alan to mean those parents with wayward kids rather than parents as a whole.