The law says that no-one under 10 is criminally responsible. They cannot be brought before the courts or sentenced. Do young people agree this is right?
Recent press reports have described how a boy of nine held a carving knife to the face of a five-year-old in a park and threatened to kill him. Do young people think this is very rare? Or might it be an increasingly common problem?
If children are not responsible for their actions, who is? Talk about the rights and wrongs of holding parents accountable for what their children do. What might happen if parents were punished for their child's actions?
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