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[deleted] t1_j9yny2g wrote

" It falls, first and foremost, to the home — parents, extended families — to take responsibility for their children. "

Yep.The ones who let their 15 year old girls out at 2AM to stab people are the ones we need to turn to for the solution. Or are they the problem?

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rectalhorror t1_j9z7jgt wrote

Not to excuse them, but there's this perception that these kids actually have "parents" in the first place. In many of these households, the fathers are either absent, dead, or in prison. The mother, if she's actually involved in the kids life, is either struggling with multiple jobs or dealing with their own mental health/addictions. Which leaves it to the grandmothers and aunts to provide whatever supervision they can. Anyway, DC's "juvenile justice" system has been broken since the '80s for a number of reasons and was basically run under a court order for 35 years. https://dcist.com/story/20/02/06/after-35-years-d-c-will-finally-have-control-of-its-youth-rehabilitation-services-again/

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Chocolatecitygirl82 t1_j9zqkrl wrote

I’ve spent years volunteering with DC juvenile detention and this is so accurate. Also, the amount of girls in detention because an adult man involved them in something or convinced them to take the fall is heartbreaking.

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Eagleburgerite t1_j9z044f wrote

The legal system is the second system to blame here. The parental system is undoubtedly the first.

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ballsohaahd t1_ja03m8p wrote

Legal system needs to be a fall back for the bad parenting. Plus many parents are either dead tired from working multiple jobs or are actually working at night and can’t be around. Don’t think any parents are really aware of all this and condone it. Maybe 1 or 2 in the whole city but overall they’re trying to work extra to support their family

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SandBoxJohn t1_j9yt5os wrote

I wish I could up vote the comment as many time as can ! !

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mjornir t1_j9z20x0 wrote

Yeah exactly-putting the blame on them is passing the buck. Yes they abdicated their responsibility ages ago; that doesn’t mean you don’t have to step up

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ballsohaahd t1_ja03dgd wrote

Parents are likely either working or sleeping. And they probably need To work multiple Jobs sadly

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