Do you think that parents should have to serve detention with their children?

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School Gives Parents Detention For Late Kids

Posted: 5:33 am CDT October 2, 2006

New York -- A public school is requiring detention for parents who get their kids to school late.

Under the new rule at the Manhattan School for Children, parents who don't drop off their children by 8:25 a.m. have to pick up late slips from the principal's office and go to the auditorium to serve 20 minutes of detention with them.

"The parents need to make the breakfast, get the children dressed and get them to school on time," principal Susan Rappaport told the New York Post for Sunday's editions.

Some tardy parents at the school, which has 660 pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade, complained the detention made them late for work. But others approved, saying they felt humiliated and won't show up late again.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

I'm not sure. From the article, it does seem as though having parents attend detention could have its benefits - those who said they would try not to be late again - but people can have valid reasons for being late. They might be driving their kids to school and get held up because of an accident, or there might be other stuff going on. Also, I think that if a parent really needs to get to work, then they shouldn't have to stay in detention - surely getting to their job is more important than having a detention?

I think it's a great idea. I approve. :thumbsup: