[looois]

Circuit Judge Ross Goodman gets it

[proxy_user]

Er...and if the parents are in jail, what will the kids be up to?

[SteamShovel]

“If the parent is not sending the child to school, then I can send the parent to jail,” Goodman said.

While I applaud "get tough" attitudes regarding slovenly parents who send their kids to public school and don't care if they skip.......

I worry about some judge trying to use truancy laws against homeschoolers. The judge doesn't have to adhere to the homeschool laws, they don't adhere to other laws anymore. They just find a case where they can push their agenda despite the law; anti-homeschool so the schools can indoctrinate all children uniformly.

[Raycpa]

choices:

1. Work to support myself and try and deal with an out of control teenager

OR

2. Get free room and board, a well deserved break from the stress of parenting an out of control teen and let the state take over handling the out of control teen

Um, Judge. I think I’ll take door number 2 and let me know how it turns out for you and my kid

[SmoothTalker]

What about the situations where good parents end up with bad kids? In general a kid raised by good parents will end up being a solid kid but that isn’t always the case. We all know kids from good homes who become goons or even criminals.

[The Working Man]

Well, I guess I would have spent most of my kids school years being locked up under this plan. As a single parent dealing with my oldest boy, he would continually fight me about going to school. Now mind you I had a choice be at work at 5:30 AM or be home way late in the evening. I chose to be home with my kids in the evening when they needed me the most.

Under this plan I would have had to turn my oldest boy over to the state so I would stay out of jail.

So my feelings on this are simple. It’s a good weapon to have in the legal arsenal. But one size does not fit all people.

Probably the result of this is that even more kids will drop out of the school system. Thereby removing their taint from the scores of the schools.

[vetsvette]

“Circuit Judge Ross Goodman gets it”

I agree, but he would do better just by taking the children into state custody.

[LaineyDee]

Well...they're going to open a can of worms here....IMHO. I have seen many teens who would love to use this as a weapon against good parents who are strict and trying to raise their children well.

The concept of "Dad (or Mom) could lose his job if put in jail and we'd all be in the street...which would inhibit our food rations and entertainment expenses", doesn't occur to them either.

[goodnesswins]

Wouldn’t it be better to tell the kid to get a job (at McD’s for instance) instead of this? Don’t get a job? THEN go to jail.

[Maceman]

What if the parents are home schooling?