Can parents be punished for their kids’ mistakes?

 Hi sometimes parents pay for things that their kids did, but sometimes kids pay for what they did. But what do you think? Do you think parents should be punished for their kids’ mistakes? Or should kids be punished for their own mistakes? I will tell you two sides of my opinion. So hang tight and let’s start this journey of “Can parents be punished for their kids’ mistakes?”.

Well, first what mistakes can kids make? I would categorize these into 3 types. Rule broking, Law broking, or Both. So in this piece of writing, we will use all 3 examples. My first opinion is that parents should be punished for their kids’ mistakes. Because kids are the responsibility of parents. And fact that parents let go of their kids and that they misbehaved started from parents letting kids go, and if they were properly educated, they wouldn’t do nasty things. It’s like a pet, if you trained a dog to not poop at others’ property, then there won’t be trouble if you let dogs play in your neighborhood. But when you didn’t train the dog, he will poop at others’ property and make some problems. And neighbors will be angry, and they will probably request monies. And kids or pets in this case don’t have a lot of money, so their guardians pay it. So for example, a kid ran into a car while trying to play tag. And he accidentally scratched a car. So he didn’t break any law, but he surely broke some rules that their parents might have. Then parents will probably pay the money. And same for other problems in this opinion. And that is very simple, kids make trouble -> kids don’t have money -> parents pay the money for the trouble that they caused. It had been like that for ages, but here comes the second opinion, should this way be kept this way?

In my other opinion, I don’t think this should stay this way. How long will kids just make their problem to their parents? It’s not that parents made the mistake, kids did. So kids have to take care of problems. Like the same example in the first paragraph, a kid ran into a car while trying to play tag. And he accidentally scratched a car. He should gather some money by doing a lemonade stand or washing the car, or that stuff. Like he should learn to be respectful, be careful, be responsible for their own wrong choices. It’s not that there will be parents every time a person causes trouble. Also, parents might not have money and work extra hours to just cover the debt that kids made. And that isn’t good, because he won’t see them unless it is the weekend, or he might not even see them on a weekend. But you have to be careful not to make kids so obsessed with paying money. Because he still has to attend school and do homework, play with friends, so covers some of the money for himself secretly. 

So kids paying money and being responsible for their misbehaving is good, but it may hurt your kid. So I am actually on both sides, but I am more on the “Kids should pay the money” side. Because when will we keep saying “He/She is just kid” Even though they are kid, they still have to learn an important lesson of “responsibility” That’s all bye and hope that everything will be good with you.