It’s great to spend time with uncles, aunts and grandparents, but the law says that your parents are responsible for your care and protection. They must send you to school, provide you with a safe home and raise you to be a responsible adult.
However, if your parents have all of these duties, they also have the right to tell you what to do and to make decisions for you. Parents have to control their children so they won’t hurt themselves and other people.
What happened to the child?
What happened to the car?
Who has to pay for the damage?
Does the age of the child affect your answers?
What happened to the boy with the slingshot?
What happened to the girl?
Who should pay the medical costs? The boy? The boy’s parents? The girl’s parents?
Does the age of the child affect your answers?
Should children be allowed to have matches?
Should matches be stored in a safe place?
Who pays for the damage?
Does the age of the child affect your answers?
What have we learnt?
As you get older you can take more responsibility for yourself, gain more rights and make more decisions about your life. Also a parent’s duty to control their children becomes less as the children grow older.
Let’s explore
Do parents have a responsibility to keep dangerous things away from children?
Can you think of some dangerous things around your home?
How do parents make sure that children don’t go near these things?
What age can children start to take responsibility for various things – like getting a job or driving a car?
