How would it affect your relationship.....................?

Question

I couldn't type the entire sentence in the question box.

Anyway, how would it affect your relationship with your son/daughter if they were a law enforcement officer and they
wrote you out a citation for speeding?

How would it affect your relationship with your son/daughter if they were a law enforcement officer and they arrested you?

Two questions that I thought were interesting. For me, arresting my parents would be an impossible thing to do. I would resign and find another job. I couldn't write them a ticket either. It would be hard to issue them a citation and visit them two hours later and pretend like everything is okay, when it is really not.

I have a cousin that applied for a FBI field office and they asked him one question to see if he would lie to them, and he did. He told them what they wanted to hear, which was, he would arrest his own mother if he had to. Nobody would arrest their own mom that brought them into this world.

Well, let me rephrase that last statement. No normal person born to a normal family would arrest their own mom. I couldn't even arrest my own dad. I would just have to resign if it came to that and go some place else.

Does anyone else agree with me? I know some people will say, as long as they aren't doing anything wrong then there is no problem, but how can any normal intelligence son/daughter do that to their parents. I believe that most people would just resign like what I stated that I would do.

When I said, my cousin told them what they wanted to hear. I meant, they expect people to say that to get the job.
But he didn't get the job, because they knew he was lying. If you want to work for a FBI field office, don't lie to them or you won't work for them.

Answer 1

I would. I love my parents, but if they were doing something serious enough to arrest them I would. My parents would arrest me if I was breaking the law as they should. They raised me to respect authority, and to be honest. It would be against everything they raised me to believe to let a family member get away with a crime. And for the record I have a wonderful relationship with both my parents and I love them and they love me no matter what I did, but I did learn that there are consequences to my actions.

Answer 2

Well as far as arresting my parent, no I don't think I would be able to do that and live with it, but if they were doing something illegal and it was a position where I had to arrest them I wouldn't do it, but I wouldn't quit my job either, unless they were forcing me to arrest them. I would let someone else do it and more than likely that is what will happen anyway.
If it was my child (or parent) it would be the same way, I am not going to let them get away with something that I know is wrong especially if I am out there getting rid of the pple that are doing the exact same thing that they are doing. I would have someone to do the arrest and I would be nowhere around to see it happen.

Answer 3

Yes I agree with you. I won't arrest or send my parent in jail or put them into a very shameful situation. Even if they're not good to you, they're still your parent who brought you out into this world.

Answer 4

Arresting one's own parents happens only in movies. it's not a practicle thing to do, and no son/daughter will do it.The field office is doing their job but when it comes to reality even they will not do it ie arrest their own parents.

Answer 5

I'd have my partner do it.