Originally Posted by aklim

He will have a defense as mandated by the law. However, there is a difference between Johnny C and Mr Pubic Defender. So what if he is in deep do-do? He had one warning in the probation and he couldn't wait to get out of probation to screw up again? If it were my kid, I would hand him the letter and say "good luck to you." and if he does get into jail, well, a soap on a rope.

A friend of mine got into trouble again and again. One time, he got a felony. Dad didn't bail him out. He got shafted by the law. Dad visited him but wouldn't lift a finger in spite of the judge saying words to the effect "You can afford a good defense. Aren't you going to help him out?" Dad just shrugged his shoulders and let the law give him 6 yrs for joyriding a boat with consideration to previous offenses. Guy got out of jail a different man. Realized he was an alcoholic, sobered up without the 12 step dance and made something of himself.

If nothing else, these things make me realize how lucky I am. Originally I though it would be cool to be a parent. Took a good hard look at the kids around and decided not to be one. At this date, I have no regrets. We are the parents of 4 dogs instead of human children. We took that decisions because we realized that the mindfux have too much control of how we raise a child. I suppose that if the mindfux were to just disappear and their tripe vanish, we would have gone a different route but I have no intentions of raising a kid in any way besides the way I see fit.