Another parent shirking responsibility for their kids actions...

[A930Rocket]

Kids writes her name in we concrete and Dad says the trip to the police station was enough punishment.

What say you?

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Take One 11-Year-Old,Add Wet Cement, and...
Jan 05, 2011 5:31 PM EST
A New Jersey sixth-grader is going before a judge next week after apparently writing her name in wet cement.

Kelly Zierdt, 11, and a group of her friends allegedly etched their names in wet cement outside their school. Police caught the group in the act as they were driving past.

One of the officers said, "'lets put these kids in the back of the car; were bringing them to headquarters,'" according to Zierdt. "And then me and my friends started crying our eyes out, My9News reports.

Her dad says the situation "has snowballed into this giant catastrophe."

Thats because police say Kellys dad, unlike the other parents, refuses to pay a $250 fine to her middle school to pay for the vandalism and refuses to sign the parent/child and police agreement as punishment.

Lt. Mike Colacci of the Middlesex Police Department says that the parents help to come up with what they believe is a suitable punishment for the action of their children, like a 5 oclock curfew, or chores around the house. In this case they had to write an essay as to why they did this, Colacci told My9News.

But Zierdt's father says his honor student daughter has already learned her lesson and so he will fight in court.

I feel scared, Zierdt said when asked about appearing before a judge.

[Rot 911]

Jesus, don't the police have anything better to do? Wet concrete is an attractive nuisance to any kid. How can you not resist the urge to at least put your initials in it?

[stomachmonkey]

Yeah, wet concrete is like a puddle to kids. They can't resist.

I think the parents are wrong here.

Pay the $250 and make the kid work it off. If the money is a hardship then ask for community service.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Having kids, it amazes me how many parents think their kids can do no wrong. Not coincidentally, those kids are usually the worst behaved. My kids are little bastards, I happily admit it.

[Racerbvd]

If they caught kids in the act, then they had enough time to smooth out the concrete

Has anyone here not put your name in wet cement?? We aren't talking destroying anything, just adding a name so the future students will know they were there..

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by Rot 911

Jesus, don't the police have anything better to do? Wet concrete is an attractive nuisance to any kid. How can you not resist the urge to at least put your initials in it?

You sound like a lawyer, . When I lived in NH I had my own bridge over a brook. Kids loved playing under & on it. I contacted a lawyer and that's what he called it... an attractive nuisance. Wet concrete. give me a break.

[Oh Haha]

I can pretty much guarantee that if/when my kids come across wet cement they WILL do something to it.

I think the punishment in this case is fair.

We had some heathens vandalize a local Christmas store recently. They caught the 5 young men responsible. 1 or maybe 2 are honor students and 1 is a firefighter.Five men charged with Christmas day vandalism at Bronner's

[RWebb]

$250???

her punishment should be to fill up the grooves with some suitable material

doog poo comes to mind...

[flatbutt]

OK so the kids wrote in cement...big deal...arrested? Jeez.

[HardDrive]

Obey the law. If you choose not to, there are consequences. Make the kid work it off.

[A930Rocket]

I don't think they were "arrested", but they did get taken down the PD and parents called from there. I think what ever it takes to repair the concrete and a token punishment of some kind for each is the correct answer. I've had to repair concrete where kids, dogs, etc. have walked on it, etc. Not too many homeowners wanted it on their brand new driveways.

BTW: You'd be amazed at how many dogs walk on fresh concrete for some reason.

[germanv82000]

Ask the contractor who had to fix the calligraphy.

[nynor]

wet concrete? really? our society has lost all sense of perspective.

[racer]

Was there a sign indicating that one shouldn't put your initials in wet cement? Did the kids know that they were "vandalizing" anything?

Perhaps those who poured the cement should be reprimanded for not putting out appropriate warnings or methods to keep kids out of the cement.

Dumb all around.. kids, cops, parents and school.

[strupgolf]

Give me a break. The cops, if they were in their commen sense mode, would have made the kids cover it up. Cover it up, say you're sorry, move on to the next big crime in the streets. Somethimes I think the cops are the problem, not the kids.

[nota]

I pored a slab for a A/C unit in the backyard

when I returned the next day
there was a set of bird tracks
and a set of cat tracks intersecting at the center
where there was a swirl of action recorded
and some feathers

on the original post
kids names donot hurt anything on a sidewalk
and cops extorting 250 from each kid is theft
FIGHT THE POWER

[Gogar]

The cops didn't fine anybody. the school district did.

[nostatic]

Well, if someone breaks the law, it isn't really up to the parent to determine the punishment. While many of us probably wrote in wet cement, that doesn't mean it wasn't illegal, and that someone didn't have to spend time/money to fix it. I suppose the dad could tell the guy who has to redo the patch of cement that he has to do it for free since his daughter is already punished. That seems fair...

[onlycafe]

first, post a lookout.
second, wear a mask and don't use your right name next time.

[nynor]

or.... gasp.... they could just let the initials remain.