Dad Calls Police When Child Refuses to Go to School

I agree that its not the cops job to raise our kids..HOWEVER...if the parents do not ask for help and end up spanking their kids, the cops get called on the parents instead. its a well know fact parents and kids know if they dont like what their parents do they can just call the cops on them. I mean when a kid kills their parents over video games being taken away, something is wrong here. the government wants to rule how we raise our kids. why not let the cops handle it when it sometimes get to be too much? they are a government agency, and honestly if the gov wants to raise our kids for us, let them. maybe they will find it hard and leave us alone to do as we feel needed. I dont mean beating them, but sometimes a child needs to be spanked. like the time my son reached for a hot pot on the stove. I quick pop on the backside backed him off. or the time he almost ran into the road, I would rather get spanked than hit by a car

I agree that it is not the responsibility of the police to help raise children but children don't always believe parents. I myself have called the police on my kids. They were caught shoplifting by me at the grocery store, I even approached the manager to have him speak with my kids. The manager looked at my kids and said "you won't do that again right?" that was it. I thought there is no way they were going to learn that it is a crime from a simple statement like that. So I went home and called the police to have them educate the kids about what happens to people when they are caught shoplifting. Who better to teach the laws to the kids than the police. To this day, my kids have never done it again. So what is the harm? Sometimes the law is necessary but to simply get your kids on the bus...that seems a bit much.

I'm 47yrs old, was a teenage in the 70's, and talk about
kids today, they don't even come close to the crazy things we did, but I will say one thing, If I crossed that line with my parents, and you know what I mean, I'd get my ass whipped, thats right...
with a belt, and trust me, it wasn't child abuse, if it was my mother would have been in jail many years ago, and when I had kids, put me right with her...theres a way to dicipline a child without breaking bones, come on society..as we got older of course, my parents would use the old, can't use the phone for a week or take the car away,,,they paid for it so it was theirs to do with what they wanted, now that i'm older, my kids are grown and on their own, I'm so thankful for they parents I had, and like my mother always said to us "Spare the rod, Spare the child" theres alot of common sense to that scripture and looking back at some of the crazy things I did, I tell my mom now, you should have beat the hell out of me, but again it was all about love. and I see that now, so to you young parents don't be afraid to pop that ass, if not, one day your young child will be and adult and pop your ass. really parents..take charge, and let them know who's boss right off the bat and you will have very courteous, young adults, if not, oh well, the jails are full of kids, now adults who never heard the words "I Love you" ,,sad, but it doesn't have to be this way. And to all you young parents who think if I spank my child they will learn to be violent...wrong!!! my mother never spared the rod and theirs Five of us kids, now all in our forties and we adore her, take care of her needs since my dad since passed because she did what she had to do to keep us all in line.
US Army Veteran

I don't think it works more than once. If a parent is too much of a coward to stand up to their own kid and need police backup when a law was not broken, the cop can't do squat besides agree with the parents, and any intelligent child will figure out the scam and never fall for it again. All this really teaches is that cops are ineffectual.
This is such a waste of police resources it's frightening. This generation of parents cannot do anything for themselves, and instead need backup for the simplest of things.

It's unfortunate that it has now come to this in our society. The laws have taken the rights away from the parents to discipline their kids. They are taught in school to call the police on their parents for being disciplined. What is a parent to do? Because of this, I have now noticed that the parents are getting to lazy to even try. Electronic devices are now the new babysitters. The parents won't even bother to check and see what the kids are doing now. It's amazing to me in the hard times most of us have now that parents still find a way to pay for all these services for their kids. We need to get back to basics as a society.

If someone has already lost control of a kid at the age of 6, you wonder what this clown is doing being a parent at all. If people call the police for such stupid things because they really can't cope otherwise, at least tax them for it. I think a $75 house call fee should do the trick to take this kind of nonsense off the backs of the taxpayers. For those who say this idiot father is a taxpayer too, the reality is, he probably isn't. But even if he is, he's overusing the police. Ask yourself this question: What if everyone did that? And that tells you why he should have to pay for the "house call."

You have got to be kidding me!! Like the police don't have a hard enough job already! When are parents going to take responsibility for raising their children? I have a child and telling me what she will or will not do is not an option and she has never been spanked. Also by doing that, your showing your child that you have no control. I am a retired police officer and that must be a really small town. Calling the police on your child to make them accountable for breaking the law, yes, making them go to school or do their chores HELLL NO. Get a back bone.

I also agree with that. my father is a police officer. while I agree they could help with a few things. using them to scare your kids is wrong. example. I was with my brother in law and niece and he got pulled over for speeding and got a ticket. after we drove off, he went on a rant on how cops are bad, and they will do things just cause they can and take you to jail. he said this to his 7 year old daughter. I went into a rant as well. saying what if she gets lost, or kidnapped by a rapist and she sees a cop has the chance to get to him and doesnt because she is scared she will be taken to jail. remember folks..you m ay get a ticket or go to jail, but remember this..a cop may save your life one day..even take a bullet for you, so show them respect

You're correct Mike, but do what you can.
If not, chances are you'll be dealing with them later on.

Thank God SOMEBODY has some sense in this matter. What kind of crackpot nonsense is this calling the cops on your own kids garbage? I'm sorry, but the idea that there is any justification in tying up police services because of crappy parenting skills is taking one's sense of entitlement entirely too far. People who need the cops to "help raise their children" will probably be visiting them in jail before it's all done. Because if a parent can't get his child to obey him at age SIX, no way he'll be able to reign him in at 16. Say what you want, but the day I'm can't outwit a 6-year-old (or even a 16-year-old) is the day I give up being around kids for good...

Spank your child.. become a criminal. Kids not in school.. become a criminal. The laws have forced people to take this option. We sure didn't hear you guys complain about how unconstitutional it is to control every little aspect of people lives when these laws got written, but your complaining NOW?? Deal with it. And if you dont like it, then protest these laws BEFORE it comes to situations like this. Because now you have no leg to stand on and its only going to get worse. This is nothing more than poetic justice at its finest.

Mike, it is good to hear from a policeman how they feel about it. I do agree I would give any parent in such a similiar situation kudos for going as far as to call the police. Truancy ran strong years ago in my neighborhood. Back then I mentioned at a community hearing that our park was a hiding place for truants who could sit and watch for their parents to leave for work. Then the police rep told me they were not aware of this and he had a patrol car cruise by checking the park each morning. It soon stopped.
I wuold feel I was keeping the police from more important things but then I remembered how it was when I was a kid and our neighborhood police were friendly and we knew we could go to them for anything.
God bless our guys and women in blue for all they give to their work.

I agree with you Mike to a point. The police can and in my opinion should scare kids in certain situations. Not doing the dishes is not one of them. Deterence. If a 7,8,or 9 year old does something wrong and won't listen to mom or dad, a stern talk could help. This past summer my son was throwing a complete fit, a tantrum. I open hand smacked him on the behind once to get his attention and then off to his room. 15 minutes later as I was closing up the garage two officers came in. My son had called them saying I abused him. (His mom, my ex, told him to do that very thing) They talked to me for a sec, then to my sons. Explained that I DO have the right to do that when needed. Also chastising him for behaveing the way he did. I have had NO problems since that episode. None. He is now pulling straight A's, and is very co-operative. He was 13 at the time.

i agree with you 100%. thank you for looking out for our kids. no one can watch a kid 24/7. the kid is 6yrs old. i think (as being a parent myself) it would have been more effective picking the kid up, caring him on the bus, riding the bus with him siting in the class with him and coming home on the bus with him. i'm sure the embarrassment of that wold make him think twice about fighting that battle again lol

Amen Mike. I am a 23 year FD veteran. We get calls like this from time to time. " Act nice or that policeman will take you to jail" Sorry lady...I'm a fireman!!!!! Stay safe out there.

Angelia,
It sounds like your daughter has been running your house for a long time. If you had stood up to her when she was small and manageable you would not have had this problem now.