Would you allow your spoiled brat children to stay in jail?

Bratty behavior isn't the same as breaking the law. Disciplining a child should be the parents responsibility. If you let your child continue to be a brat, you're letting him rule rather than you ruling the home.

If your child grows up like a spoiled brat, giving pain and disappointment to the parents/family this is what the family deserved. Since they were also the ones who spoiled their child. If I would wake up, find out my child is that spoiled and making everybodies life a misery I would try to change that or pull my hands of it. Imprison is something else. Seldom do people come better out of that.

I think I truly would, because of the fact that I love them.. maybe it would help maybe make them realize that everything in life isn't easy and everything has a consequence. And they need to learn because what happens when mommy or daddy is no longer there to get them out of trouble....they would have to learn sometime.

In the first place there is nothing good to learn in jail! a brat child should be at home and have some severe discipline impose by their parent! I would much prefer to have my child at home and not in jail...unless the young person commited a serious crime then I would let the authorities to take over.

I gave my son up for adoption 23 years ago. I didn't raise him and if he tries to get me to bail him out,it will not happen! I have tried to help people in the past! Alot of them refused to be helped by me or others. I have given up on people who refuse to help themselves! So if my son ends in jail,he can stsy there! I am not getting someone out of trouble who got themselves in trouble. Plain and simple.

I don't think any parent will allow their children to stay in jail for their mistake or not their mistake. But as per the situation you have mentioned I am sure parent will allow their spoil child to stay in jail as each and every parent in this world want their child to be the good one.

I remember seeing this in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle, Reese was always getting into trouble, so what they'd do was to send a coach full of naughty kids to the local jail where the inmates supervised by the guards would talk to the kids to encourage them not to offend and would spell out the discomforts of being in Jail and what would happen to them if they landed up in Jail, some would take note and it would be a scary enough experience for them to put them on the straight and narrow. A good example, even if it was fictional, but I am sure this practice goes on.

My kids weren't spoiled but one of my daughters got caught overturning large trash cans on a beach with her girlfriend when she was about 14 and they put them in jail and called me. I know the girl she was with was a spoiled brat but it wasn't her I was worrying about. They said I could pick them up but I said no...keep them and let them learn a lesson. The other girls mother called me very upset because she wanted her daughter out and now. Unfortunately she didn't have a car and I did. I told her no let them sit there for the night. My daughter is in her 40's now and still remembers her night in jail.

I was raised in a small town. My Daddy was a lawyer there and he made sure my brother and I got to go with him to visit his clients who were in jail. I think those experiences put just enough kick in our behinds to keep us from misbehaving very much as teens. I raised my children on those memories and they knew they would have to call Grandpa to get them out of jail, well that did it for them but it was close. I don't know if another generation would have responded the same way. That generation were just goodie, goodie kids, now will have to wait and see how their kids do.

I love all my kids dearly. But I will never tolerate anything bad that they do. I want them to realize their mistakes. And if it means they have to be isolated, then I will oblige.

Yes I would let them stay in jail if they were spoiled brats! Here is why I say this... There is this kid down the street from us who stole a go kart and sold it to us knowing he just stole it! So, his mother said she was sorry to us and gave us back the money we spent on it. Here is the thing though, the mother should NOT have had to pay for her son's mistake!! He should have paid us back! That kid needs a hard lesson and his mother needs to give it to him. If not, he will always think anything he gets into his mom will bail him out! If he was my child that kid would have been working to pay us back. Whatever he had to do to make up for selling stolen items...I would NOT have paid his debt for him! That teaches them nothing except they can get away with it...

I will never be the reason for my children to go to jail. They will forever hate me if I do that. I will try to talk tot hem and ask assistance from people that they trust like teachers or guidance counselor but to be the reason for your children to be in jail, even if it's temporarily and in a good cause, it's not right to put your own children to shame.

I have a cousin that is so bully then and he is always in a riot because he wants to be known as the tough one. One night, my aunt (his mother) called the police to put my cousin into jail for some disciplinary action. It happened 21 years ago... My cousin didn't change overnight but now he is very responsible to his family. Well, that imprisonment didn't change him then. Actually it made him tougher and more bully in there place... What change him is the love he had found. Well, analyze the situation... Discipline with love is the most important thing. Don't be too harsh immediately for it will only makes the child more rebellious. Luckily, my four child are all responsible even at their young age and minds. They know what is the right thing to do as a child. So, it is better to discipline the child starts from the beginning to make then grow more friendly and more reliable citizen...

yes. everyone must face the consequence of every action they take. positive or not, they must be ready for it. if they are being really rude and acting wild maybe we could do something before it get worst. psychological therapy and parental counseling might work. but when it comes to committing hideous crimes i guess parents should let the law handle the situation.

Well, I don't have any kids. But if after trying everything and they still are behaving bad, I would leave it to the professionals or give them something to think about. As longest they are not getting hurt. If they are not going to get beat up by adults on child, let them stay there until they can control themselves.

hi, if that will happen to me and have a spoiled brat,i think i will let that child to stay in the jail so that she/he would know how hard to be inside of the jail,sometimes a person should feel the hard times to learn in their life.

Depends on the gravity of their spoiled attitude. I say yes when they are becoming too troublesome to handle and if they have the thickest skulls. Perhaps a quick stay will sober their minds into the otehr side of reality.

Sometimes no matter what you do your child chooses to do wrong and tough love or a time away from family is what is needed to get that child back on track. I would never say they were spoiled though because sometimes these kids can just not control what they do or say, because of other issues.

In my opinion, I would not allow my child to stay in the jail or experience it just for the sake of letting them realize the possible consequences of being bad. I don't think it would be appropriate or effective to educate them. In some cases, it may actually worked, while in other cases our children may suffer from internal trauma or have really bad thought towards us, the parents. And this will results in a very broken and wicked family relationship in the future. There are still other options I believe.

I hate to say it but if my child did something bad enough to find themselves in jail then I would let them stay. It would mean that all that I taught them about doing the right thing and thinking about consquences to your actions didn't sink in. Maybe the time in jail would help them to realize the wrong choices they are making and help them to change their ways.