Chicago Ald. Pat Dowell blasts parents after 7 teens hurt in Bronzeville shootings – NBC5 (Chicago)

“We need to ask ourselves as the adults in the community: Where are their parents? Where are the role models? Why are children out at night when, quite honestly, they should be home and in bed? How are we failing our youth? Parents must be accountable,” she said in the letter.
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Bill also
7 hours ago

Most of us have been asking that question for years.

daskoterzar
5 hours ago
Reply to  Bill also

Yep, the other stupid part of his question is “how are WE failing our youth?” WE…are not failing our youth. Since when is it society’s responsibility to deal with youth that haven’t been raised with any control or example. Government cannot fill the responsibility gap for biological parents who do not know any better or much less care. Government has built prOgram after prOgram that does nothing (But waste tax payer dollars) to change their behavior, increase their sense of responsibility or help them to move forward in their life. They do not know how, they have been trained to… Read more »

Call my shrink
7 hours ago

If we arrest these kids,we could meet the parents when they are forced to pick them up. Then ticket them for child curfew violations

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