Reflections on the Parental Responsibility Act Eighteen cases in 1990 led to a parent serving a prison sentence for crimes committed by their child. In my opinion, I believe that parents should not be held responsible if their child commits a crime. There are several reasons why I think this is not a good law. First, I believe that no parent can follow their son or daughter 24 hours a day. In the real world, parents have much more to do than monitor their child every minute of the day to ensure that he is not breaking the law. Parents play an important role in a child's life, but they also have to meet the demands of going to work, taking care of the house and having free time to relax. In addition, a teenager does not want a nagging parent to know every detail and think about what they are doing, with whom, why, when and where. Secondly, I feel that by establishing the law that parents serve time for their child's actions, it goes against a valuable lesson that is taught to a young person from a very young age. When I was a child, I still remember today that you are supposed to take responsibility for your actions. The law on parental responsibility goes against this valuable teaching. This law does not teach adolescents that when they become adults, they must accept certain responsibilities. Instead, it shows that blame...