Study Explains Why We Arrest Moms for Putting Kids in Nearly Non-Existent Danger
"We" should be replaced with Americans. This is just one more of those nutty things which are particular to America but which doesn't really generally happen in the rest of the west.<p>This is a much broader issue. America is simply developing a very dysfunctional way of dealing with children. America is the only developed country I know of (maybe only country period) where police is routinely used to deal with school discipline issues. Even parents in the US call police to discipline their kids for silly stuff like drinking alcohol. I am actually surprised by how normal this is in the US even among intelligent and seemingly normal families.<p>With the extensive killing of blacks it is clear that the US has a general police dysfunction. The police is seen as a solution to almost every issue in society.<p>America needs a serious re-evaluation of what role police and punishment should play in society. Police and the justice system can't become a substitute for parents and teachers.