Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-19 | Page 4 | Parents' Liability

PARENTS' PARENTS LIABILITY gr grand nd Jurors of Kings county New NewYork NewYork NewYork York presented a novel and interesting suggestion the oth other day in a report on juvenile Ju Juvenile juvenile ju- ju venile delinquency problems Declaring that present laws governing juvenile Ju Juvenile ju- ju venile delinquency need drastic revision the Jurors remarked We recommend a law to enforce compulsory compulsory sory morality in the home to the effect that parents and guardians may be held responsIble responsible responsible sible for the delinquent acts of children under their care not o only lY in the childrens children's court but butin in th the magistrates magistrate's court as well where they may be prosecuted and fined There ere is a certain amount of good sound common sense in t that at Making a parent legally liable the misbehavior of his children chil- chil dren dreI ought to make some fathers and mothers think more ser seriously than they have ever done before a about out the responsibilities of parenthood