Penance

[Newportnobby]

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.

[Bealman]

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.

[Malc]

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.

[guest311]

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.

[RailGooner]

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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.

[Newportnobby]

Not to put words in his mouth but I took Alan to mean those parents with wayward kids rather than parents as a whole.