It's stories like this that make me afraid to be a parent..

[Cataholic]

Living in Cincinnati is so great, isn't it?

If the child was living with him mom, in Price Hill, he would be required to attend Cincinnati Public Schools. If I were a parent, I, too, might have bent the rules to get my child into the Oak Hills School district. LOL......not really.

The way the 'rules' work...we are lighter on juveniles than we are on adult offenders. AND, if this kid thought burning down the house was the right course of action, maybe counseling would be a better way to go than juvenile hall, too.

What is kind of suprising to me is that the dad would walk away from the relationship because of this. I know arson (and, was it arson rather than some reckless or negligent conduct?) is serious, but, so is the relationship with your child.

[K9soul]

I was left alone sometimes overnight at that age, but my mom really knew me and knew she could trust me. She also had friends/family call sometimes to make sure I was ok, and called herself too. It wasn't even out of distrust of me but just to check and make sure there were no problems etc.

Even now, my mother-in-law who lives nearby will call and see if how I'm doing if she knows my husband is out of town. It's just kind of nice to know someone is thinking of you. Accidents and mishaps can happen and it sure never hurts to have someone call or check in.

[zanzanfergie]

Originally posted by Cataholic
What is kind of suprising to me is that the dad would walk away from the relationship because of this. I know arson (and, was it arson rather than some reckless or negligent conduct?) is serious, but, so is the relationship with your child.

That's what struck me about the article too. I don't think their relationship was a normal one before the fire, somehow, and I think both parent and child is to blame. But we won't ever know for sure.

[CountryWolf07]

WOW! Stupid kid. I feel bad for his parents - I guess they have a right to disown him if he shows no sympathy or remorse to what he had done to the house!

[RICHARD]

A friend of mine called to chat.....

As we went deeper into the conversation she mentioned that her 16 year old daughter had 'run' into some problems.

My friend just bought a convertible mustang to give to her daughter when she got her driver's license...

The daughter took the car out BEFORE getting her license and drove it off the freeway into a ditch..

Mom had to finish paying off the balance of the car- 2,000 dollars to get the car out of the impound- and then worry about what fines and court costs that may come up because the 16 year old was on probabtion for arson!!!

The more I think of this story and the "burning down the house" story I see that you can put most of the blame on the parents..

After telling me the car story, my friend just giggled and passed it off as a 'teenage oops'
and let it go at that!