allow your teenager to spend the night in jail if they got picked up by the cops? if it was the first time would you? what about the second or third time?

Honestly it would depend on what it was for...
drunk driving or anything of that nature - yes
being in the wrong place/wrong time - probably not...it really would depend on the circumstances. They wouldn't understand their actions if they didn't have to face the consequences.

yes i would say it all depends on what they did. if it was something that was obviously an accident or being in the wrong place at the wrong time then no i wouldnt let him stay in jail. if he did something really wrong and depending on what it was and if it was just a one time thing probably not, but if he did the same thing again then yes i think a night in jail would hopefully teach him not to do it again.

I hope that I will leave them in jail if that happens. It would be hard, but I think that they have to learn consequences.

It would depend on what happened. If they deserve to be there, then yes. If they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time, then no. It would be hard though.

If it happens to Taylor she needs to be more worried about coming home than being in jail! :suspect

Yep, sure would. Of course that is depending on what they did and their past though. I've left one there overnight...she asked the officer if she could stay one more when we picked her up. lol. Honestly I don't think everything calls for that, just when they are getting a little out of hand.

I grew up with my grandparents who raised me and my cousin, who was a year older than I was. My grandparents were very Italian. My cousin had done something..he must of been about 15. The police called my grandfather to tell him that my cousin was at the station and asked when he would be picking my cousin up. My grandfather said...well..I'm right in the middle of a golf game..then I got to go have my dinner. Then I got to pick up my granddaughter. Maybe in about....8 hours.
My cousin stayed there for that long. It was the greatest lesson WE both learned. Now my cousin is a lawyer in the Marines. He owes that experience to turning his life around.

i think that if they do something that warrants them being put in jail then they deserve to stay there over night and that even if its the first time then they should stay there because hopefully it would scare them into not doing it again. if it was one of those wrong place at the wrong time things then i think it would depend if it was a wrong place wrong time thing because of their friends or if it was just truly wrong place wrong time

I'm going to say what my Mom told me, if I'm ever in jail not to call her because she would not come and get me.

If they did something or knowingly with someone when they were doing something to get them arrested, then yes they are going to spend some time there.

My kids would want to stay the night in jail rather than come home and face us :club

I would let them sit there overnight. Why not? They're off the streets and I'm hoping that being there will scare the bejesus out of them.

Yes, they need to know if they do something wrong they will have to pay for it. If you bail them out of every bad situation they never learn.

I agree with everyone else... it depends what happened. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/SFerreira/Smilies/jail.gif

Yes i would. I know my mother would have. If it were their first time only for a few hours... but their second or third... they better hope that their friends like them a lot b/c im not getting them.

It would depend on what they did. Murder, rape, drugs, drunk driving, robbery, you're damn right their rear ends would be in jail. Wrong place at the wrong time, no, I wouldn't let them sit in jail.

I believe that fear and humility are very powerful things. If my kid got picked up then there most likely will be a very good reason for it so yes I would.

If they honestly were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, then I would get them out. However, any thing else I would make them stay. If they did something to deserve to be there we want them to know that mommy and daddy won't come to the rescue for everything they do wrong in life. A night in jail could be what makes them change their life (if it ever comes to that).

Yes, they would need to learn their lesson and not that they can get away with everything. My dhs brother gets away with EVERYTHING he's been in jail and still screws up and STILL gets everything handed to him.

It depends on what it was for. but yes I would :yes

My kids would want to stay the night in jail rather than come home and face us :club

I would let them sit there overnight. Why not? They're off the streets and I'm hoping that being there will scare the bejesus out of them.



My feelings exactly.

Depending on what they did, yes. Sometimes tough love is needed to teach a lesson.

If they actually deserve being in jail, they would probably need to stay the night so DH and I can calm down and won't kill them when they get home :lmao

allow your teenager to spend the night in jail if they got picked up by the cops? if it was the first time would you? what about the second or third time?

Depending on what it was, yes I would, regardless if it was first or second.

the first time i would get them, but w/a HUGE lecture and a kick in the rear from hubby. second time yes i would leave them there. i always give a second chance but after that it's harder to get respect and trust.

It would depend on the circumstances. If they intentionally did something that got them in trouble - stealing, drinking, drugs, assault, then I would probably have them spend the night in hopes that it would influence future decisions they made. If they happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and were lumped in with the crowd, probably not.

:D I think I would, but mine are still young! 2 almost 3 is driving nme crazy! you think the police department would babysitt!!!!!!!!!!!1 LOL J/K

My kids would want to stay the night in jail rather than come home and face us :club

I would let them sit there overnight. Why not? They're off the streets and I'm hoping that being there will scare the bejesus out of them.

Same here.

And this method works! ;)

not the first time. but definately the 2nd and 3rd. personally i think it would teach a good lesson.