An ordinance which fines parents if their child bullies was implemented by the Plover Police Department in 2015.
And, although they haven’t had to actually fine parents, they have issued fewer than a dozen written warnings.
Now other cities are taking note of this ordinance and considering a similar ordinance. After a viral social media post showed handwritten notes
students sent to a middle school girl urging her to kill herself, Wisconsin Rapids voted unanimously to move an anti-bullying ordinance forwards.
The draft ordinance prohibits bullying, harassment, and retaliation against anyone who reports such incidents. The measure would also hold parents and guardians responsible for such behavior of children younger than 18 years old. Penalties for a first fineable offense would be $50, with additional costs bringing the total to $313, City Attorney Susan Schill said. But parents would receive warnings first. (
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Do you think fining parents works?
Is this a sign we are so desperate to stop bullying, we’ll try anything?
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