[Tax-chick]

I think parents should be able to search their children’s rooms at any time - or invite the police to do so, at the parents’ discretion.

I can’t help wondering at the motives of the “neighborhood leaders” who don’t want parents to have this assistance in preventing their children’s involvement in gangs.

[FreePaul]

I can’t help wondering at the motives of the “neighborhood leaders”...

Every child who is kept out of criminal activity and completes school is one less subject for the "neighborhood leaders." People who can think for themselves are less likely to be lead by the poverty pimps.

[Lancey Howard]

I can’t help wondering at the motives of the “neighborhood leaders” who don’t want parents to have this assistance in preventing their children’s involvement in gangs.

They are probably worried that guns, drugs, and contraband will be traced back to them. They fear that some of these "youths", upon being confronted, would rat them out. THAT's what the "neighborhood leaders" are concerned about.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

There are two things at play here. I understand the constitionality issues. The other one is this strange idea that parents have about the right to privacy their children have, that they are somehow violating their children's privacy if they go into their bedroom, etc. That's just nuts, IMHO.

CC&E