Madeline
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- #41
It's a highly fact-sensitive issue, Maggie Mae. And it can be impossible to show negligent supervision once the child is a teenager.
I'm not outright opposed to this, but if we apply criminal sanctions to parents, there (usually) must be some sort of intent proved. As a society, we do not even agree what level of supervision a teenager should be given.
And what about severely emotionally disturbed children? If their behavior causes harm, do we jail the parents even though they have tried to control the kid?
I'm not outright opposed to this, but if we apply criminal sanctions to parents, there (usually) must be some sort of intent proved. As a society, we do not even agree what level of supervision a teenager should be given.
And what about severely emotionally disturbed children? If their behavior causes harm, do we jail the parents even though they have tried to control the kid?