What would you do if this happened with your child?

I my 12 year old son will do something against the law, I would be the first one to bring him to the police station for custody. It is not right, in my opinion to protect anyone if they have done something against the law. Let them learn the lesson and the consequences of what they did. I reward good deeds and not unlawful things. Have a good day!

if something that bad, after give them a good whipping and off to the police station we go, and turn them in myself. it's better for parnets to do it, because the next time they could get killed

hmmm, this sounds pretty bad, awful,illegal,immoral! Makes me wonder a little about the child's back ground or past. Has he/she done anything like this before? For something this bad I would think that he/she has some inner issues that certainly need dealing with. Yes, I would seek some sort of help. If this happens at 13 what about in a few years!

When my children were younger, My 2 oldest girls one in third grade, and one in kindergarten. On their way home from school they stopped at the corner store and stole some peanuts. and they were still eating them when they got home. I knew that they did not have the money to buy them, after questioning them they admitted what they did, and i took them back to the store and tell the cashier what they did when they were in their 5 minutes earlier. I paid for them , and took the girls home. later that evening when i was at work i was talking about the incident, and what i should do. because i did not want my girls doing it again. A police man overheard me talking and he said he could help, and i signed papers for him to go to the school the next day and pull my kids out of class and take them to the police station for a talk. and they got a tour of the jail, and saw first hand what would happen to them if they continued to take things that did not belong to them. Those too girls are 36, and 32 today and i do not think they have ever taken anything again. and to this day they remember what i did to them. Back to your question yes i would do everything in my power to make sure my children did not break the law, and if that means turning them in to the police for their wrong doing i would do it. Because the behavior has to be stopped or they are going to get their self into bigger trouble when they get older.

Hello Corimore! This is honestly a very diffucult question for me. Actually, I thought for like a few minutes prior to responding to this. As parents, of course we all want to protect our kids. It would be a big pain on our part seeing our kids being punished by law, etc... because they are just kids. Yes they may commit errors, but age has also be put into consideration. Perhaps, they were just influenced by some factors. We can't blame them that easily. If I would be put into a serious predicament like committing crimes, or anything illegal, and I know I would get punished at a young age, I will beg my mom not to have me arrested and instead promise not to do it again, etc. But at the same time, we also believe in the law and that justice should prevail in our society. What if our kid cost the life of other person? Then how can we practice fairness and justice to the victims if we just hide our kid's wrongdoing and take care of it on our own? But again, it is really extremely tough and difficult...... Even I myself is not ready to face this kind of problem. and I pray I will never experience this if I have kids already... So my stand is, I might have my son arrested so his mistakes be corrected and that he won't commit it again in the future. I say "might" coz, it depends on what will be the consequences of his acts considering he is still a minor. If it is too much for him to take yet, I might just take care of it on my own, and will help him deal with his errors and positively correct them... This is a very difficult situation. I pray we won't be experiencing this in the future... Happy mylotting! Chrissa