Call for rethink on parents' spot fines

“Instead of fines impose a day in detention for parents for each day lost by children. The detention could be on weekends and would involve learning how to manage a household and bring up children.”

“Let's clarify a few things. First of all you cannot be fined unless as a result of a court case. What they are talking about here are fixed penalty notices which were brought in to circumvent the law.
Instead of penalising the parents, who let's face it have no control over their children once they leave the house, why not punish the children?
If you do not attend school then every free minute you have for a month will be spent picking up litter or other menial tasks - let's face it most of them will be doing this anyway in adult life so look upon this as an apprenticeship.”

“Once we had the father working and mums possibly part time cleaning job and sorting out the house and kids, if the kids misbehaved you'd had the: "Wait until your father comes home" syndrome. The living wage was enough to support "The Family", should a child misbehave out in the streets, (did I blush then) the local bobby and other law abiding citizen promptly acted, along with the "TRAUNT" officer, with a clip around the ear ole if you'd dared to tell your mum or dad, or siblings come to that "the tell tale ****". (**** as in: birds that chirp to each other)
Cut backs have indeed seen the blight to that way of life. Quality jobs are scarce both parents need to work so the child now basically puts himself to school. Children are children they'll do what they want, parents should be parents and instruct the child through the process of right and wrong, rather than being told by the child as is the case nowadays. Someone has to be accountable for in all stages of life, otherwise the system fails as thus proven.”

“Some children are so disruptive at school, when they fail to attend, everyone breaths a sigh of relief. Forcing them to go to school creates more problems than it solves. It's time we remembered, we need these fools, who else will sweep the streets and clean our toilets?”

“It would be voluntary to have a fine imposed, it's not compulsory to have to pay a fine for failing to send your children to school - by fining the parents society would be helping the most vulnerable in society i.e. the children of parents who are unable or unwilling to fulfill their parental responsibilities.

Better a fine than a term of imprisonment - a few of which have been handed out recently

The WAG must protect the children who later suffer throughout their life from not attending school, and not the feckless parents who cannot be bothered.”