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The night Demarco Harris shot and killed a woman during a robbery on a Detroit street, his parents told police knocking on their door at 2 a.m. they didn’t know where their 12-year-old was. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said that’s indicative of a larger issue in Detroit, where the lack of making parents accountable for their children partly is blamed on elevated truancy and dropout rates, as well as a recent rash of violent crimes involving teens. Worthy has a new idea she hopes will fix the problem: Jail parents for up to three days for repeatedly missing scheduled parent-teacher conferences.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT ARRESTING PARENTS OR USING OTHER PUNITIVE MEASURES TO FORCE PARENTS INTO PLAYING A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE CHILDS BEHAVIOR HOLD MERIT?