Parents told to seek professional help for their violent children
Parents with violent children have been encouraged by the government to seek professional help for them
On Wednesday, the Cabinet discussed violence among young people in Antigua and Barbuda.
The latest involved the death of 22-year-old Jamal Ryner of Yorks, who was stabbed to death on Tuesday night
Just days before, a young man was hospitalized after receiving multiple wounds with a machete at a bus station after school was dismissed
The Cabinet discussed a decision rendered recently by a U.S. Court that found a parent guilty of the criminal actions of a son.
According to the Cabinet notes, the parent knew the son’s ownership of a weapon and had also learned of the son’s threats to harm others.
That parent did nothing to ensure that the child would be deprived of his weapon, nor did the parent take the child for counseling.
The Court, therefore, found that the parent was complicit in the son’s actions and imposed a lengthy jail term on the parent for the crime committed by the child.
It is unclear whether the government will move to make such laws applicable to Antigua and Barbuda but there have been cries from the public that indeed some parents are culpable
The Cabinet encourages parents whose children seem intent on doing harm to others to seek professional assistance to discourage them from anti-social violent behaviour.
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