That may be naive.
It seems like that 95% of these cases are uneducated working single mothers with hulking teenage sons. The boy sees no reason to pay any attention to what his mother says, and in any case she’s at work, not at home.
And I'm afraid you missed the point entirely here. The judge obviously is placing the blame for truant kids on the parent(s). If the parent CANNOT accept responsibility of taking care of the kid, the court will take steps to MAKE it your responsibility.
Good lord, you make it sound like someone under the age of 18 can do anything they want! I certainly hope you don't or will never have kids because you obviously feel that inmates (hulking teenager sons) run the home...