If parents WOULD teach their kids, then cops(or school, or teachers, or whoever????) wouldn't have to have programs like this. I'm not saying all parents are poor parents, or that all kids are lousy kids.
But look around you sometime! I see too many kids that think if it's not being watched well enough then it's the owner's fault they stole something! NOT KIDDING. I heard a kid say outright that he grabbed two $20 bills off a counter. His excuse was "Well, the cashier wasn't even looking."
Excuse me?
His mother was informed and she AGREED it was no big deal.
THAT is why I'll say go for it to any programs that might teach kids to behave like a responsible adult. AND why I'll kick the butt of any kid that steals ANYthing from me, no matter HOW small an item. AND I'll call the cops, AND the parents.
I've had kids destroying the front of the shop I work in, and when I go to yell at them to cut it out, the parent will try to tell me not to, becuase THEY are the mom(dad) and I have no right. Every time I told them that if they would step their lazy butt up and DO the parenting, then I wouldn't have to.
Today it's just ridiculous.
*stepping off the soapbox and kicking it in frustration is*
wolfy