Would you rat out your kids?

[MissBrattified]

Maybe you wouldn't lie or concoct a story like this couple did, but would you plead the fifth if your child committed a crime or would you tell all? Would it depend on their age? Curious...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/20/national/main20109013.shtml?tag=stack

"A Lake Charles couple will spend years behind bars for lying to police about their teenage son's involvement in a drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl in 2009.

On Monday, Judge Clayton Davis sentenced Nina Lambert Newton, 44, to 10 years in prison for obstructing justice and being an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder of Alexus Rankins, The American Press reported.

...Prosecutor Cynthia Killingsworth said both parents conspired to make up a story and lied to police...."

[seguidordejesus]

I think that I would encourage them to turn themselves in, or if they were going to run, to not tell me where they were, so that I could honestly tell the police that I did not know. Pretty sure that if I knew they were guilty, I would not try to hide them.

[Amanah]

I would rat them out and then get them a good lawyer.

You have to rat them out or they will not learn.

That being said, if you don't get them a lawyer, after letting them spend the night in jail, their lives could be destroyed by the system.

I don't know for sure, but i suspect people come out of prison worse then when they go in.

[ILG]

I think tough love should be at work here. I don't think you are doing your kids any favors covering up for them if they do something like that.

[Adam]

No way, no how. Blood is thicker than water. They are flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. They are my everything. I would do whatever it takes to help them. I would sacrifice my all for them. Sound familiar?

[scotty]

I would and have ratted them out by making them turn themselves in. (shoplifting)

[Sister Alvear]

I would not be a good leader IF I hid or covered my Children's wrong...Eli...tried that...However it takes a person with a backbone and strong convviction to tell your kids they are wrong and not cover up for them. Not easy but if you want to really help them then you too must be honest with them....

[Timmy]

No way, no how. Blood is thicker than water. They are flesh of my flesh, bone of my bone. They are my everything. I would do whatever it takes to help them. I would sacrifice my all for them. Sound familiar?

Would you take their punishment for them? :D

[BrotherEastman]

I'd hate to do it, but I guess i would.

[Adam]

Would you take their punishment for them? :D

Not sure I'd go that far. But, I'd hire a really good "advocate". :heeheehee

[deafdriscoll]

I do not have children, but if I did I would march them down to the cop shop and make them tell the truth if it was serious.

[deafdriscoll]

i would also have a lawyer present. The people have rights also bad and good.

[Sister Alvear]

yes, a lawyer is a good idea...

[Margies3]

How could we expect our children to be honest with us if we are not honest ourselves? Yes, I would rat them out if they did something that needed to be ratted out. Having said that tho, I would make it clear to them that while I was turning them in, I was also going to stand by them for whatever happened. I would NOT make excuses for them. And I would not even ask for special privileges. But I would be there to support them in any way I possibly could.

A friend of mine recently called the sheriff because her son was underage and was drunk. He got a citation for it. And was furious with her. I did not hesitate to support her in her handling of this situation. She knew that she might have saved him from killing himself or someone else by driving drunk. And maybe she can keep him from becoming a serious alcoholic if he is not already and if he is, maybe this will be what it takes to make him realize that he needs help.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Maybe you wouldn't lie or concoct a story like this couple did, but would you plead the fifth if your child committed a crime or would you tell all? Would it depend on their age? Curious...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/20/national/main20109013.shtml?tag=stack

"A Lake Charles couple will spend years behind bars for lying to police about their teenage son's involvement in a drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl in 2009.

On Monday, Judge Clayton Davis sentenced Nina Lambert Newton, 44, to 10 years in prison for obstructing justice and being an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder of Alexus Rankins, The American Press reported.

...Prosecutor Cynthia Killingsworth said both parents conspired to make up a story and lied to police...."


Depends on the nature of the crime.


I am more prone to help them leave the country or to help them with an alibi and I would do what I could to keep from lying.

I won't rush out to turn them in, but I wouldn't lie for them either.

[crakjak]

I might not help to convict them, but I would not lie for them. I might refuse to testify against them.