₦airaland Forum

Cousin9999:
Hidden dysfunction.

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Ndipe:
It's very embarrassing for any law abiding parent to have a wayward child out of fear that their good name would be dragged in the mud by their actions. Back in Nigeria, the adult son of a high ranking church official was suspected of breaking into my alma mata's chapel and looting items, much to the consternation of my relatives, who wondered breathlessly, "What of his parents"? I simply brushed his involvement aside because of his notorious reputation on campus. It got so worse that according to one of my school mates, his father had threatened to disown him, much to his wife's chagrin (the guy's mom) who cried. Not long ago, a prominent man's daughter recently got a divorce and one of my friends said something to the effect that since her father holds a prominent position in the Church, then perhaps, he ought to have done something (I have forgotten exactly how he paraphrased it, but he sort of held her father accountable particularly since the girl gave birth while she was still a teenager. I disagreed with him.

And my question is this: Should parents be held accountable for the bad actions of their adult children?

The parents might be blamed for bad parenting and bad upbringing..
But you see the responsibility,, the adult child should be held fully responsible.

Read the story of James and Jennifer Crumbley who are being charged for the school shooting carried out by their son, Ethan. They are insisting they shouldn't be held accountable for his heinous actions.

Ndipe:
Read the story of James and Jennifer Crumbley who are being charged for the school shooting carried out by their son, Ethan. They are insisting they shouldn't be held accountable for his heinous actions.

A 15-year-old is nowhere near being an adult. An adult would be someone about 22 years and older.

It varies from one country to another. In the US, an eighteen year old is legally an adult while in Nigeria, I think it is 21 years old. There have been calls for certain juveniles to be tried as adults.

Read these:

https://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-delinquency.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en

https://www.wklaw.com/minors-be-tried-as-adults/

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2022/07/19/jennifer-james-crumbley-appeal-oxford-school-shooting/10096276002/

Kobojunkie:
A 15-year-old is nowhere near being an adult. An adult would be someone about 22 years and older.

Ndipe:
It varies from one country to another. In the US, an eighteen year old is legally an adult while in Nigeria, I think it is 21 years old. There have been calls for certain juveniles to be tried as adults.
Read these:
https://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-delinquency.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en
https://www.wklaw.com/minors-be-tried-as-adults/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2022/07/19/jennifer-james-crumbley-appeal-oxford-school-shooting/10096276002/

These aren't always about the legal age but age a person is truly considered to have all the freedoms that go with being an adult. For instance, the legal drinking age is still 21 in many states.

Blame the society.... environment.... Friend's

Since "there aren't always about the legal age but age a person is truly considered to have all the freedoms that go with being an adult," then, maybe, that is why they government want to try the 15 year old murderer as an adult (to attract stiffer punishment) instead of a juvenile.

Kobojunkie:
These aren't always about the legal age but age a person is truly considered to have all the freedoms that go with being an adult. For instance, the legal drinking age is still 21 in many states.