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Originally posted by AlexH
There's a rather large differences between taking a pencil and a car.
And to Moon God, it would depend on how old he is.
I'm not sure how old it is in America but if your over a certain age it would be him that is held responsible and not his parents.
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This is true, under US law and in most States , he can be charged as an Adult at 17 , as for accountiblity , if he lives at home , no matter what his age Parents can be help all or partly responsible for him,depending on the age. If he is under 18 then they are held responsible. If he is over 18 but still at home both he and his parents can be sued for damages.My son is 18 and still is at home , has no drivers lic , he is not a very responsible person , he expressed the same idea of taking the car witout our knowedge and Moonie and I point blank told him we would press charges if he did that.He also has had some scrapes with the law and has a Juvinule record (which is now sealed) BUT if he did something like that it would be hard time for him. It is not that we do not love our son , not only in our house but Society has rules we ALL have to follow them and if we don't we pay the price of our foolishness.If we didn't love him we would just turn the other way and let him do whatever he wants to do , but this is not love. Nobody wants to see their offspring in jail as I don't BUT if a person does not modify their behavior to conform to Societies rules then this will happen , by pressing charges and seeing that they are punished , is to make them see the errors of what they are doing so they will stop.Simply telling them (if you are at this point) will do no good if they are stealing anyones car, so more drastic measures are nessary.It is the desire for all parents who love their children for them to have a full , happy and produtive life.Sometimes we have to take bitter steps to make this happen because if you don't sooner or later they will be behind bars not for a few years but for a lifetime and that would break any parents heart.