Some New Jersey moms and dads are backing a bold new law that could put them behind bars for their kids’ crimes — with many complaining that parents just don’t take their job seriously these days.
“It’s changed now. My parents would have destroyed me if I would have been brought home by the cops. I would have told the cops, ‘Just take me,’” said 51-year-old New Jersey father of four, Mark Barker.
“Now you got kids running the parents. The kids are in charge. Or, you got kids raising kids and they don’t care,” he added. “I agree with that new law because these parents are just letting their kids go out and putting the responsibility on someone else.”
The law, passed in Gloucester Township under the title “Minors and Parent Responsibility,” says that parents could be fined $2,000 or spend 90 days in jail if their kids are repeatedly convicted of various crimes — with 28 qualifying offenses ranging from “destruction of playground equipment” and “immorality,” to loitering, assault and drug dealing…