Sunday, September 28, 2008

when you commit a mistake affecting your child's health, should you get punished





 when you commit a mistake affecting your child's health, should you get punished?
try to think about the many incidents that have occurred to child's left behind inside the cars, and the many deaths that has caused.
Psychology - 13 Answers
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1 :
Yes. ♥ ♣ ♥
2 :
yeh, if you leave a kid in a car you should get the death penalty
3 :
i think so....it depends on a lot of other things
4 :
It's called child endangerment or neglect, at the very least. Yes, they should be punished.
5 :
If it is that severe, I believe a punishment should occur. But if there is one minor mistake, I believe custody should still remain until the parents have proven themselves to be responsible. If multiple mistakes are made, a question of custody should be made.
6 :
leaving a child in a car is not a mistake, it's a bad choice. A mistake is something you do by accident and didn't mean to do it. Leaving a child alone in a car is an example of a bad choice as a parent and considered risking injury to a minor which is a crime, not a mistake.
7 :
I dont think that leaving your kid in the car, abandoned, in the hot sun deals with its health. If you do this, you should be punished, but a simple mistake like deciding not to get braces, is different.
8 :
Seeing your child suffer is punishment, but for some neglectful parents it isn't enough. The law needs to install a sense of fear into the parents through punishment so they will THINK first. If you child dies because of a parents neglect, the law has to step in.
9 :
It would all depend on that particular incident. No normal parent is going to leave their child in a hot car for any length of time on purpose. Therefore, I think they should have to go through some sort of parenting class to remind them of what happened. That will insure that it does not happen again. I think they are punished enough by what they did already. (considering that it was really a mistake)
10 :
I guess wether mistake or not, depending on severity, yes people should be punished for things they've done, if it so requires it. Like... someone who smokes through pregnancy has a risk of then harming thier childs health... should this then be punished?? I don't think so... that would just be silly... If a parent made a mistake and did something that then ended a child's life, then of course someone should be punished!! But then... how would the go about doing it?? After all... killing someone with a car isn't seen as murder... cars arrn't seen as weapons and therfor at the most it's manslaughter, even if the death of the victim was intentional. Law is a funny thing, and makes just as much sence as anything else in this world.... which seems to be very little in terms of logical thinking O_O
11 :
I think there is a difference between a mistake and child endangerment/ neglect. Probably, that is the best argument why we need Universal Healthcare in the US, parents may wait until it is too late before they seek healthcare because they never see the doctor and don't have a clue when it is serious. They don't ever talk to doctors-how would they know? Then you bring up parents who leave their children in cars, yes these parents should be punished in some form.
12 :
It really depends on the situation. You have to factor in the circumstances, the age of the child, the laws in the state, etc. I think in most cases the answer to that question would be yes, but again, it depends on the situation. If a person leaves their child in a car to go on a 2-hour shopping spree or go drink in a bar for instance, then yes, there needs to be accountability, even if the child was not injured. If you leave your child in the car at a gas station, went inside for a few minutes, a car slams into your parked car, and your child is subsequently injured, then should the parent be held accountable. Not necessarily. In Florida at least, you can leave your child under the age of 8 in a car as long as the car is not running for a time period of up to 15 minutes. After minutes, though, it is against the law. This question really needs to be determined on a case by case basis. Unfortunately, there are accidents and mistakes that cause injury and death to children at the fault of the parents. It doesn't necessarily make them bad or ignorant parents and that it simply was a mistake with a tragic outcome. There are other situations where the parent is grossly negligent with the same outcome. There are too many variables to give this question a simple yes or no answer.
13 :
Most probably you should as it is first of all about your kid's benefit or disadvantage. Here's where you can find more about parenthood and the most frequent health mistakes: http://www.myhealth-forum.com/



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