Why Your Wild Child's Facebook Posts Are Your Fault

Don’t you hate it when you get blamed for something someone else did? A recent ruling held parents liable for their child's harassment of another student, but should mom and dad really be sharing the responsibility for their wild child’s reckless behavior? Speaking as a fellow parent, I think the answer is obvious: Hell, yes!

EvilKidLaptop650Don’t you hate it when you get blamed for something someone else did? A recent ruling held parents liable for their child’s harassment of another student, but should mom and dad really be sharing the responsibility for their wild child’s reckless behavior? Speaking as a fellow parent, I think the answer is obvious: Hell, yes!

Parental liability is not only a moral obligation, but a legal one. If your child is abusing others in his or her social media network, this is due as much to poor guardianship as bad manners.

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