http://www.northescambia.com/2014/07/abrupt-djj-resignation-could-alter-dispute-with-escambia-santa-rosa-23-other-counties Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2014/07/abrupt-djj-resignation-could-alter-dispute-with-escambia-santa-rosa-23-other-counties/comment-page-1#comment-274578 one idea Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:53:31 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=184692#comment-274578 I believe the parents should be made to reimburse the county if their minor child has broken the law. If the parents believe it will cost them if their child gets in trouble then maybe more parents would be inclined to know where their child is and what they are doing, who they hang out with and so on. If a child has gotten in enough trouble they wind up in DJJ then their most likely has not been as much parental interaction as there should have been. I have worked long enough in this area to know that many times when the parent was asked where were they when the child was in trouble and they usually did not know...did not know where the child was, did not know who the child was with, or even where they, themselves, were. Being at work was not always the case. So, in my past experience, I found that if parents felt like it would be court ordered for them to pay for the child's care then the parents started paying more attention to where their child is. This has been the case when a child misses too much school. When the Judge puts it on the parent that they can go to jail if the child misses school the parent begins to make the child go to school as required. So, if the county has to pay, then make the parent reimburse the county. I believe the parents should be made to reimburse the county if their minor child has broken the law. If the parents believe it will cost them if their child gets in trouble then maybe more parents would be inclined to know where their child is and what they are doing, who they hang out with and so on. If a child has gotten in enough trouble they wind up in DJJ then their most likely has not been as much parental interaction as there should have been. I have worked long enough in this area to know that many times when the parent was asked where were they when the child was in trouble and they usually did not know…did not know where the child was, did not know who the child was with, or even where they, themselves, were. Being at work was not always the case. So, in my past experience, I found that if parents felt like it would be court ordered for them to pay for the child’s care then the parents started paying more attention to where their child is. This has been the case when a child misses too much school. When the Judge puts it on the parent that they can go to jail if the child misses school the parent begins to make the child go to school as required. So, if the county has to pay, then make the parent reimburse the county.

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