Barry Ward
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554 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Sep
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But what I'm talking about more so is families and children who suffer as a result of the lack of family guidance, who are absolutely ignoring their responsibilities, who don't care about what their children are doing, who don't care about the harm they're causing to the community, and are are simply just saying that's somebody else's problem.
Well, what I'm saying is if you're willing to do that, then it should also be your problem to an extent.
But I agree with Trina.
that we need to put in place the supports that allow those parents to cope with it where they can.
And if they're doing their best, they shouldn't be liable for these consequences.
It's the parents who are not making any effort who are, as I say, abdicating responsibility.
They need to have a situation and I I think that if they felt there was going to be a sanction for them, it would change their attitude.
They wouldn't be so cavalier about it.
And they might actually take the time to be parents and that would benefit their children as much as anybody else's.
The rest of the the wider
society uh piece.
But their children are if they're lacking that parental guidance, we almost can't expect them to behave properly because they uh of course they they have to understand criminal responsibility, but they also need the guidance from parental figure and some kids don't have that.
Um well I hope they're I hope they will.
And what what we need to do is not just bring forward more proposals but also ensure all the actors within the criminal justice system and the support systems for children and families as to what options are there for them so that the full range of um solutions are actually being deployed.
Because as Trina is absolutely right, this is a complex problem, it's deep seated, every child is different, every child's experience is different and
And I by extension the culpability of every child and every parent is different.
And all of that complexity has to be wound into it.
But I suppose what I would love to see is an informed discussion about this where we're actually looking at more innovative solutions to bring about a situation where some parents who are not taking responsibility actually say, Right, I'm not going to allow my child out in the middle of the night.
I'm going to know where they are and I'm going to deal with it if they do something.
something that they shouldn't do rather than just saying it's somebody else's fault.
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