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Question: Are parents responsible for kid's actions?

Answer: According to Arizona law, a parent or legal guardian of a person who is under 18 years of age shall exercise reasonable care, supervision, protection and control over the minor child. Parents can be held responsible for some of the children's actions. They may be ordered to pay money to victims of their children's offenses. It depends on what the actions are and if they violate laws.


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On 04/24/09
Taylor from IA said:
How can parents be held responsible for their childrens actions? a parent cannot always control what their child does. if i chose to stand up and throw this computer against a wall(i would never do so) there's nothing my mom could do to stop me. she could punish me after i've done it, but she cannot stop me from doing it. so no, parents cannot and should not be held responsible for their childrens actions.
On 03/26/09
mike from DC said:
parents are responsible
On 11/12/08
pooky from NC said:
Parents can't be responsible for their child's actions. they can say not to do somehting but the chld is not surely going to follow :(
On 01/22/08
amelia from IL said:
im also doing a debate about this subject. I need facts, quotes and generalizations....if you now anythign about this pleaasseeeeeeeeeeeeee post a comment to me!!!!
On 10/16/07
blah from CA said:
danielle from TX. are YOU thinking about suicide??? cuzzzzz thats not the topic!
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