Would You Be Willing To Go To Jail For Your Child???

I am a full time dad of 3 and I would hope to think that I would be strong enough to make sure my kids were never in that position but if they were then I guess the law is the law and if someone breaks it then they unfortunatly needs to be punished. But on the same token I would never hand my kids into the police or anyone else for that matter. If I knew where they were if I was asked I would just no comment as in the UK everyone has the right to silence. But I would be very ashamed if my kids broke the law as I would view it as I haven't brought them up properly. So no I wouldn't hand them in and yes I would do anything for my kids.

Parents should protect their childern, that's correct. But you still need to let them know what is right and what is wrong. We all must answer for our actions.

It depends on the circumstances. In this case, I would protect my child because I don't see bank fraud as being a big deal, and I think that people should only have to go to jail for a year for something like that, or do hardcore community service. If it were murder, then yes, my child would have to do the time for that. I am sorry, but no one should get away with murder. I had a friend who was murdered, and I do not condone murder, and I will make that perfectly clear to my children, if and when I have any, if do have any children, that I do not approve of murder.

No I can't agree with that and there is more than one way to protect your child. One of those is allowing them to face the consequences of their actions. Do we not discipline them when they do wrong? I have dealt with someone in my life who was always breaking laws because when he was growing up his parents always covered for him. Thats the same as saying "Its ok to keep committing those crimes hon". Other people in their lives suffer and are effected by this stuff so no I can't agree at all. Also a fact I know about the laws is they are a lot harder on you when you hide. I bet the son would have gotten off a lot easier if he cooperated.

well, maybe I would but it really depends on that what has he/she done, because it is something really bad like a murder and I know that he/she has the fault for it, then I guess I will let him/her go to jail, just because we all must know that there are some things that could not be forgiven!

Well... Parents should always protect their children, but if they are good parents, then maybe they can stop their children before a crime is made. A good mother (I don't say that she wasn't a good mother) could have maybe helped his son in whatever he needed help. In this case I think the problem was money, so the mother could have helped her son financially. It is required to turn in your family members if they do a crime though, but I don't know if I could do it. Btw... How did they find out, that the mother knew where her son was? Did she confess? Cause this may have been a misunderstanding, if the mother really didn't know her son's location. Some mothers are crazy though, because I once spoke to a mother who told me that: "If my kids would ever do anything bad in their lives, then I would kill them!". That's what she said, and I was all shocked. Our conversation with her started when my mothers cousin's mother wanted to see my mother cousin's brother kids. But they didn't allow the grandmother to do this because of her other son, had once robbed a bank. Then she told me that her children's grandmother should have stopped any communication with her criminal son, just because he had made some mistakes in his life. A mother NEVER stops loving his children. The mother's love for her children is so strong, that one of them could lift a tree, when her child had been had fallen under one. Happy Mother's Day everyone (even if it isn't the mothers day right now, cause I missed it :()

I agree with you..family is supposed to protect their kids to a certain extent anyhow..now if he was a rapist or child molester or even a murderer..I could see the dangers of leaving him out to do it again.. but something like bank fraud..I don't see how she wold get double the months he would.. that is so not fair.....and it is a mothers instinct to protect their babies no matter how old they get...my opinion anyhow..

If my child did something against the law, I would make him take his lumps. I would NOT turn him in but neither would I help him hide. My sons wouldn't be hiding in the first place, I don't think. This is a tough question but if you don't make them suffer consequences they will never follow the right path.

If I was in that woman's shoes I would do the same thing, I'd do it again and again if I had to, the same would go for if it was my husband, I'm just as soon go to jail protecting the ones I love then to tattle on them. I've never been told you'd go to hell for tattling but I know it's bad!

LadyMarissa, this "sweet" mom did more than simply refuse to tattle on her son...she actively tried to assist a fugative...that is a crime...and she stole a co-worker's driver's license. Prosecutors said that 49-year-old Sherry Jenkins knew that her son, John Babb, was wanted by federal authorities for bank fraud. They said that Jenkins knew Babb was hiding in Kentucky and that she tried to send him cash and a South Carolina driver's license that she had taken from a co-worker. It's called aiding and abetting and anyone, even a husband or a wife, who actively commits this crime should be arrested. This is entirely different from testifying. While this adult man was not a murder, he did commit a federal crime and I do not agree that a parent should support or assist their child when it comes to breaking the law. I also do not agree that bank fraud committed by banks are ignored and that no one is held accountable. Do you also agree that it's okay to drive the get away car for your child if he robs a bank?

I am not ready to go to jail for anybody. Niether for my child nor for my husband. I belive that everybody should make sure that they don't commit any crime to keep theselves away from court and jail. If somebody does that, teh person should go to jail. I am not ready to sacrifice my life in jail. If somebody else can replace the person who comitted cirme, every rich person will find a poor guy and make him admit to go to jail by giving money. It is unfair.

There was a similar incident which happened in my country about about a mother who hid her child from the authoroties just to avoid her kid from getting jailed. The kid already killed two people due to a minor traffic altercation. The mother who happens to be married to a diplomat said on TV that what she did was just to protect her child. The authorities on the other hand arrested the kid who had been hiding for several months in thei own house. This happened several months ago and i guess majority of the people have already forgotten about it. I guess you laws are more stiff than ours. The law is the law and it needs to be upheld.

I find this as obstruction of justice, which in itself is a crime against God and against society. Yes, it is a mother's duty to protect her child. That definitely includes protecting a child from himself. Let the child learn his lesson and grow up. Only bank fraud? It is still a CRIME. I don't care what other big establishments do. If our tax dollars are used to hide their crime, that's a crime they will have to pay for, either here or hereafter. Our actions must be based on what we know as right or wrong. Let us examine our conscience and pray for enlightenment.

hello, lady Marissa, It's really a unbeliveable truth. Tht mother must ba very strong. How could a mother do for law? Yes it's true tht the son did wrong he should made know wht's his fault, tht he is wrong. I been a mother of 2kids no i can't hand over my kids. Very diffcult for me to do so.

Defrauding a bank is as much a crime as anything else. Anyone involved in trying to shield someone from justice is an accessory to the crime. A good mother teaches her child to behave in a socially acceptable manner. A good mother accepts the facts when her child doesn't follow what is socially acceptable (and especially when it is illegal) and, whatever conflicts of love and loyalty she has, will understand that the law and social accountability comes before any instinct to 'protect' her child. If your child had committed murder, would you hide him (or her)? If you did, you would be condoning the murder. This so-called child is an adult. It must be very sad for his mother that he has done something criminal. It reflects on her as a parent. It is still no reason for preventing justice from taking its course.

You are saying it's a mothers job to protect her, I assume adult son, from paying the consequences of bank fraud? How will he figure out that laws are in place for a reason if mom thinks laws are meant to be broken? I hope she does get the 60 months and he the 33 months. As for how I see this....she failed that boy years ago apparently!