Would you force him to apologize on TV? Would you put him on the next plane out of the country? Or something else?
2007-11-02 07:05:47 · 37 answers · asked by Too Curious 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I would tan his hide.
2007-11-02 07:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'd take a second job to start paying all those people back for the damage he did. I'd pay till he was old enough to work, then he'd pay.
I don't know about on TV, but a meeting with the people harmed would be in order. I would hope the people harmed would know the kid didn't mean to cause that kind of damage and have a little sympathy.
The boy realized what he had done and went to his parents. His parents went to the police. I'm sure he was sorry for what happened, or he wouldn't have told on himself. He made a horrible mistake. Unfortunately, that mistake ruined a lot of lives, including his parents.
2007-11-02 08:01:57 · answer #2 · answered by Shubunkin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would make him face all the ppl that he hurt. For starters. He wouldn't be able to sit for a week. There would be no modern day punishments for that boy. None of this, "Well honey, you know what you did was wrong, so I want you to pick out your favorite movie, take it in your room and stay there and think about what you did, and promise me you won't do it again." Nope, I'd make him go find his own switch, just like we had to. If he were charged, yes it would be hard to see my own son go through that, but I would not disagree with the judgement. He would have to serve the consequences of his actions, and so would me and his dad for not being stern enough with him in the first place.
Then when the time came, we would be helping to rebuild the burnt homes. Whether it would be pounding in the nails, or coming up with everyway to pay for it. It would be something that even my great grandchildren would probably be paying on. But its not one of those things that would be whats easier for us, its what is right.
2007-11-02 07:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by Squeakers 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would probably take him aside a way from the media and ask him what the hell he was thinking and that he was raised not to play with matches and why did he feel it so necessary to do such a stupid ******* thing that he did and not come forward with it, then beat his little ten year old *** and put him in the bath give him a hug tell him i love him and that tomorrow the world is going to be so pissed off at you ...sweet dreams! don't fricken tell me that a ten year old doesn't know what the hell he's doing!!!! parents today give to little credit to the intelligence of a child! he might not of known exactly what he could have caused by playing with matches but damn 'He was playing with them' for every action there is a reaction, and i just hope this family is strong enough to handle what they are going to be up against! don't make him out to be a little boy because he isn't!
2007-11-02 10:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by meister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like you said, I would definitely make him apologize on TV to everyone for his destructive behavior. Then I would make him volunteer his time and help rebuild the homes lost in the fire. A good hard labor for him along with community time cleaning up, Fire Safety class, therapy because who knows what is deep down inside to make him want to do something so devastating/destructive to people and nature. I would also make him volunteer at the Fire House so that he can experience what is involved in keeping people safe from harm, and how much work is involved in doing so. I would also make him visit a children's burn unit at the hospital, and an adult burn unit so that he can see first hand what fire can do to people. Then I would make him tell those children and adults who are in the burn units what he did with starting the fire and causing all kinds of damage and what he has learned from it. It's humiliation, but he would learn from it. I hope. That's all I can think of at the moment.
2007-11-02 07:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by lady_bella 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well its not always the child fault ....now we say this and that about that boy but i cant at all judge him as i dont know how he was actually raised ....when the parents have a baby ,the baby actually knows nothing about the world around him .when babys are born they are just like a plain sheet , the parents and the surrounding environment add to it.That doesnt give him the excuse at all of burning up things. and as much i think in my humble opinion that punishment always makes people behave better but looking inside this boy to see if he suffers any psychological troubles is more important. cus most of the time we condemn people so hard for what they do then it ends up from a small criminal to a professional one.
2007-11-02 07:31:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't make him apologize on TV, b/c I wouldn't want any revenge-seekers to know his identity. However, I would make him issue a written statement of apology and have it printed in all the major newspapers around the area that was affected by the fire.
2007-11-02 07:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by tuberk768 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, as most parents, I would cry. And cry. And cry some more.
After that was said and done, perhaps I would make him apologize to the firemen at the firestation......or write a letter that could be read on TV...but I certainly wouldn't make him appear on camera...that could be very dangerous to him and the rest of the family.
Then I would have him volunteer in any way he could with burn victims, perhaps reading to children in the hospital...to hear their stories, to see their wounds.
It would also be a good idea to get him and the rest of the family involved in the clean up and restoration....
People make mistakes...it's terrible, but he should be given a chance to help make up for them.
2007-11-02 07:20:21 · answer #8 · answered by saxcat00 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what I would do, it's definately up there near the top of the list of a parent's worst nightmare. I dont think I'd make him go on TV to publicly apologize, I'd come up with some other way to apologize. I know it was an awful thing, but public humiliation isn't the answer either.
2007-11-02 07:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
what could i do? the damage is already done! i would want to beat his ***, i would want to give him to some kind of authority and get him help i would want to do anything to disown his dumb ***.. but what i would want to do and what i would do are so different! and unless i was his parent i really cannot say what i would be feeling right now! i don't think the child meant for this to escalate like it has but i would still want to know what the hell were you thinking!!?? ( and i probably would call him a dumb *** and beat the **** out of him then have the authorities take his *** away) could have cut this answer in half!!! but i would never stop loving him!
2007-11-02 09:47:06 · answer #10 · answered by pangie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first i would deal with what ever legal ramifications i needed to and then i would get him into counseling as fast as i could....i mean immediately.
what else could you do?
i would not put him on t.v. as that could lead to violence to him or my family. getting him out of the country only would teach him that if you have a problem then it's o.k. to run and not deal with it.
what kind of lesson would that be to teach any child?
2007-11-02 07:36:12 · answer #11 · answered by bgdadyp 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋