Shelby parents using courts to discipline kids
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Shelby County Juvenile Court officials say parents are using law enforcement to discipline children, but studies show that even one day in lockup can have a lasting negative impact.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is working in Memphis and nearly 200 other jurisdictions across the nation to find alternatives to detention for disadvantaged youths. Helping parents find alternatives for discipline problems is one piece of that puzzle.
According to the foundation, a third of last year's 9,961 minors that were arrested were referred by their parents, foster parents or other relatives.
The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/Q6vEsN) that about 900 of those youths were charged with domestic assault. The next most common charge was disorderly conduct, brought
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