http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/opinion/20tue3.html?_r=1&n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Editorials&oref=slogin

This author speaks about the injustices of jailing juveniles in adult facilities. This article states "The rush to criminalize children has set the country on a dangerous path". I feel the author is trying to let us know that the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 was a law enacted with good intentions but resulted in the mass incarceration of children. I also feel that we should scrap current laws in favor of letting parents discipline their children without fear of going to jail. Too often parents are afraid to spank their own kids because the children are taught to tell some one or call the police if they become bruised in any manner. As a result, parents are very hesitant of punishing their children. Time outs are a joke and no television has zero effect as punishment. The end result is the children having no respect for authority or authority figures. And this lack of respect leads to out of control children that the parent can't reach and must rely on a crowded juvenile justice system for help. Let's give parents their authority back so they can control their children and raise them to be good law abiding citizens. Let the parents give them a home so they won't be under house arrest.