should parents be more accountable?

Yes at that time of the morning the parents should be held responsible, why were they not at home at 14 I was made to be in by 10pm at the latest. Obviously parents cant watch their children while they were out but at 4am its their responsibility to make sure they are safe at home. Maybe if it happened before 10pm id say no because a parent cant be there 24/7 but no child of mine will be staying out until 4am at 14!

It is long past time that parents should be held accountable for their children. In most states there is a curfew for children under the age of 18. If the children were at a friends house, where was the parents and why weren't they supervising? At age 14 most kids don't have the sense God gave a goose and will do some of the dumbest things, like drinking themselves comatose. The parents take it for granted that the teens will act responsibly and in reality they don't. Just like the teens that got mauled and killed at the San Francisco zoo, it was proven that they had been drinking excessively and doing pot; and most importantly they really had been teasing the tiger. Yes, definitely the parents need to be held accountable for what the kids do, if the kids start drinking at 14, what comes next?

i think they should be accountable for their kids, especially if they are in their teens. parents who have brought up their kids the best way should not be having problems with them drinking and driving and being a nuisance in the middle of the night. my mom brought us up alone and we have never been into any trouble. we never gave her problems in school, or wherever we go. because we, my brothers and i respect her so much we do not want her to worry.

I believe that yes a parent should be held accountable. Where was the parents when these kids were drinking. That is very late for kids of that age to be out anyway. At that time of morning the parents should make sure their kids are at home. But you have all different kind of parents. There are some that don't care, you have some that try there darndest and just can't control their child. So it is hard to say with these kids. Were there parents contacted and when the kids were picked up what kind of reaction did the parent have? Was it one of this is just kid stuff, or was the parents truly concerned and upset.

Absolutely parents need to be more accountable. Many people have the mistaken impression that once kids get to a certain age, there is nothing they can do anymore. The problem with that thinking is that at 14 kids need guidance just as much as at 4, if not more. Parents just seem to throw their hands up and hope for the best. What they should be doing is becoming actively involved in their children's lives, get to know them, their friends, their activities, their schedules. Show an interest. Set limits. Enforce rules and consequences. And, most of all, demand accountability- from their children and themselves.

I think it should not be fair for all parents, Im sure they advice their kids to be in the house early hours but kids today are so disobedient sometimes and will be rebellious when prevented. You know, sometimes kids will escape their home without the parents knowledge so blaming parents with kids action will not be fair all the time.