Originally Posted by lauren
Problem is, the parents are never watching. One kid in a neighborhood I used to live in had to be threatened with prison before she realized that stealing checks from mailboxes was bad (10 year old). Her parents never did anything to discourage her. The majority of the kids in the neighborhood were the same way. Both parents worked, and both were too tired to care when they got home.
not all parents are like that. i object to the broad sweeping generaliztions you're making. maybe you've found a bad example, like we all have, but that doesn't mean that all parents don't know what they're doing.