Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Missed Parent-Teachers Conferences Could Result in Jail Time for Parents
 
by Honey Berk
Oct 22nd 2010 1:12PM

There have been plenty of reports about parents being jailed when their kids miss school, but now parents also may be locked up for their own absences -- from parent-teacher conferences.

Michigan prosecutor Kim Worthy is pushing for a new law that would require parents to attend at least one conference per year or face three days of jail time, the Detroit News reports.

Though she has started presenting her plan at the city level, Worthy staffers tell the News she is trying for a statewide mandate. Either way, the proposed law would be the first of its kind in the country.

In responding to an accusation by "Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos that her plan sounds like "the nanny state on steroids," Worthy cites the fact that the government already regulates many issues involving children and their well-being.

"A lot of people say that we shouldn't legislate morality, but we already do," Worthy tells "Good Morning America." "We legislate for children specifically that they have to be in car seats. We legislate that parents have to send their children to school if they're 6 to 15 years old. And, here in Michigan, you can go to jail for up to 30 days ... if you don't send your children to school ... So, we legislate all kinds of things already when it comes to children."

The proposed law is but one facet of a comprehensive package her office has put together, and one that is strictly targeted to repeat offenders, Worthy tells "Good Morning America."

"It's not like you miss one and you go jail -- that's not it at all," she says. "You schedule it; you have up to three opportunities to schedule your conferences at your convenience -- night, afternoons and midnight for parents who work."

In addition, there are some exemptions to the plan: parents of children who are doing well in school, those who have health issues that render them unable to travel to school and those who are "actively engaged" with their child's teachers through e-mail, phone calls or letters, the News reports. There is also a plan for intervention services that would kick in before the mandate for jail time.

"We have to find any means necessary to get parents involved," Worthy told the Detroit City Council, the News reports. "We have to start talking about prevention ... Some children don't have a chance the day they are born."

Wayne County Commissioner Laura Cox tells the News she thinks Worthy's intentions are admirable, but that the prospect of jailing parents is "inappropriate on a lot of levels."

Kevin McNamara, another colleague, tells the newspaper he fears the law would become a "tattletale version of pin the tail on the bad parent."

And one Livonia Public Schools board member tells the News: "You can't legislate parental involvement. If the law forces parents to go, what will it do other than fill up a room with parents who don't want to be there?"

But Worthy counters these arguments by drawing a link between parental involvement and youth crime.

"... We're seeing students as young as 10, 11, 12, 13 committing the most violent crimes, and guess what we find out?" she tells "Good Morning America." "They're not in school, they don't have parental supervision and that parent has not been up to that school. And so, again, this is but one in a series of things that we want to try introduce that will go right to parental responsibilities. And, ultimately, if our children are in school and doing well, they are not out doing crimes."


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Formo
14 years ago
STUPID.
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4PackGirl
14 years ago
don't know what the answer is to this but i'm pretty sure it's not jailing the so-called parents. if they cared about their kids, they'd have them in school. how about taking the kids away from the 'parents' thusly reducing the amount of welfare benefits they receive? i dunno.
Porforis
14 years ago
That's it, I'm moving to France. Just kidding.
longtimefan
14 years ago

don't know what the answer is to this but i'm pretty sure it's not jailing the so-called parents. if they cared about their kids, they'd have them in school. how about taking the kids away from the 'parents' thusly reducing the amount of welfare benefits they receive? i dunno.

"4PackGirl" wrote:



So all the parents that dont show up are on welfare? I think you know the answer to that...

Hope no one losses focus of the point of all this...

Get the parents involved..

exemptions to the plan:

parents of children who are doing well in school, those who have health issues that render them unable to travel to school and those who are "actively engaged" with their child's teachers through e-mail, phone calls or letters



I AGREE sending parents to jail is stupid..Your going to take them away from the kids, which in turn leads to NO involvment at all, the very thing your trying to put an end to..

There has to be a different way to get them involved..

I know myself growing up in the early 70's my mom was at EVERY conference as were most of my friends moms and for most part we all did good in school..and stayed out of trouble..

I do recall one of my friends that didnt have the mom or dad show, ended up into drugs, alcohol, and skipping school in the 8th and 9th grade..After 9th grade he was gone..Dont even know where he went..

Now not saying it was all because his mom never showed, but it is odd that she didnt show and he was in trouble a lot..
Pack93z
14 years ago
I don't know what is more pathetic in this situation.

The fact that they are trying to pass such a law or the fact that the need is so apparent that they feel the need for such a law.

Most can have a child, but not everyone is fit to be a parent.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
4PackGirl
14 years ago

don't know what the answer is to this but i'm pretty sure it's not jailing the so-called parents. if they cared about their kids, they'd have them in school. how about taking the kids away from the 'parents' thusly reducing the amount of welfare benefits they receive? i dunno.

"longtimefan" wrote:



So all the parents that dont show up are on welfare? I think you know the answer to that...

Hope no one losses focus of the point of all this...

Get the parents involved..

exemptions to the plan:

parents of children who are doing well in school, those who have health issues that render them unable to travel to school and those who are "actively engaged" with their child's teachers through e-mail, phone calls or letters

"4PackGirl" wrote:



I AGREE sending parents to jail is stupid..Your going to take them away from the kids, which in turn leads to NO involvment at all, the very thing your trying to put an end to..

There has to be a different way to get them involved..

I know myself growing up in the early 70's my mom was at EVERY conference as were most of my friends moms and for most part we all did good in school..and stayed out of trouble..

I do recall one of my friends that didnt have the mom or dad show, ended up into drugs, alcohol, and skipping school in the 8th and 9th grade..After 9th grade he was gone..Dont even know where he went..

Now not saying it was all because his mom never showed, but it is odd that she didnt show and he was in trouble a lot..



i put the whole welfare thing in there just to see the reaction. bad julie. but honestly, take something from the parents that is of value besides their freedom. money came to mind the quickest.
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
It amazes me that Americans actually think attendance at parent-teacher conferences should be mandatory by law -- and that failure to attend should be subject to penalty.
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4PackGirl
14 years ago
glad to hear it rourke. as long as we disagree on a subject, i'm happy. 😃
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
That made me grin. +1 😃
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