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Airianna Thompson 4-17-12 Vipers 4 Fairness/Justice Fairness is conformity with rules or standards. Justice is the quality of being fair or reasonable. Child abuse is the physical, emotional, or sexual mistreatment of children. I do not believe that was what the boy's mother was doing. She was simply trying to teach her son a lesson and in my eyes it was completely fair punishment to him. Stealing is wrong and making him wear a sign in front of the house saying “I am a thief” is a good way to make him learn his lesson. I do not think it is fair to the mother to be turned in to Social Services as child abuse. If she is not allowed to punish her own son, then how will he ever learn to do right rather than do wrong? I don't think this provides enough information to determine who's responsible or if this is fair. If the mother and father have to drive her to school and can't be there at a certain time due to work then I do not think it is fair for them to be threatened to be sent to jail. If they are not taking her to school and she is capable of riding the school bus and just isn't waking up on time then it still isn't fair for her parents to be threatened to be sent to jail but, they are her parents and need to make sure she is doing what she needs to do in order to get to school on time everyday. In that case, the daughter would be responsible for being late twenty-five times but, the parents would be responsible for letting her be lazy and getting to school late. The parents and the daughter would all be at fault in that situation. I also, do not think this is justice. Sending parents to jail for their daughter being late is not being fair or reasonable. I know they would be wrong for not making sure she was at school on time but, jail is not a proper punishment. Now, if the daughter was in elementary school then the parents should be held accountable 100% for not being responsible and causing her to go to school late.