Discapline out the window....

[LisaHarman]

most if not all of you would of heard many stories and opinions on the handling and events surrounding Corey Worthington (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23063147-2,00.html), 16 year old party that was advertised on My Space and got way way out of hand.

What I would like to know is your opinion on how this has been handled by his parents and the police.

Do you think they have handled themselves in the right way?

What do you think they could of done better?

Do you think he has been punished enough?

Do you think the media is playing up this bad boy image and encouraging him?

If you were his parent would you be letting him do what he is doing now?
Partying in other states and having no respect for anyone of an authority figure who he comes in contact with.

[Mel1980]

Man this is a firey one here at the moment!
They want to employ him and he will potentially earn $100k for a years promoting work. WRONG!
The amount of media coverage he has gotten for doing the wrong thing therefore inflating his ego. WRONG.

I think HE should b made to pay back the $20k that it costs the taxpayers and do community service. Come down hard and set an xample for everyone esle who thought it was a good idea

[LisaHarman]

here here Mel..

and I think as for his parents they should be getting on the first plane to where ever he is and dragging his sorry butt home so he can face the rap. they are showing no control over their child and that is wrong.

he needs to be shown by all that he is not a wonderful so and so but an imbacile.

[Mel1980]

too true!!! but being 16 laws prohibit them doing anything like that as he can have them charged

[LisaHarman]

isnt it funny that they say you are not an adult until you are 18 years of age but when you are 16 your entitled to do what you please and your parents cant stop you..

there is something that has to change there. its just wrong

[Heather]

Corey Worthington

Do you think they have handled themselves in the right way?

What do you think they could of done better?

Do you think he has been punished enough?

Do you think the media is playing up this bad boy image and encouraging him?

If you were his parent would you be letting him do what he is doing now?
Partying in other states and having no respect for anyone of an authority figure who he comes in contact with.
Yes, No, hell yes, no bloody way.

I think HE should b made to pay back the $20k that it costs the taxpayers and do community service. Come down hard and set an xample for everyone esle who thought it was a good idea
I have yet to meet a 15/16yo who has absolute respect for authority....but examples must be made so that there are benchmarks for that same youth.

here here Mel..

and I think as for his parents they should be getting on the first plane to where ever he is and dragging his sorry butt home so he can face the rap. they are showing no control over their child and that is wrong.

he needs to be shown by all that he is not a wonderful so and so but an imbacile.

Yes they should....but very little of their side of the story has been reported....we don't know if what they are doing is the correct action to take considering.

isnt it funny that they say you are not an adult until you are 18 years of age but when you are 16 your entitled to do what you please and your parents cant stop you..

there is something that has to change there. its just wrong


Yes it is....and it will require every civic minded and responsible parent to lobby their state and federal members so that this anomaly can be attended to.

[Denise]

This little turd needs a big kick up the butt. The media have made a bad situation a hundred times worse. The amount of coverage was and still is absolutely ridiculous. I saw him on the news tonight getting out of a limo with all these blonde bimbos around him. What 16yr old wouldn't love that. I really haven't seen much of his poor parents who I can imagine would be feeling so much hurt and shame at the moment.

[crashtestwoman]

I cannot not believe that the parents are condoning this type of behavour by letting him sign with a promotional agency and do a so called tour. If it was my son he wouldn't see the light of day except for school for the next bloody year.
This damn sense of entitlement that many young people have now is just amazing. No respect for anyone in authority, police, teachers, nurses etc and the over the top attitude of I'm special so I deserve heaps of attention is starting to wear very thin with me.
If I were those parents I would be so ashamed of my child that I would have apologised profusely and made him pay for his mistakes, instead of whoreing him out to make money of his 15 minutes of fame and setting him up to be made a laughing stock by his peers and society just to make a quick buck. Maybe when he is in rehab and asking why he didn't have a childhood with boundries and responsibilities they will have enough money to pay for it and realise what a terrible, terrible mistake they made.

[kezabelle]

I only followed the inital part, so not sure what has happened since, but it doesn't surprise me that he's getting loads of positive reinforcement for doing the wrong thing. The scary thing is that with all the literature around at the moment regarding Generation Y, you'd think alarm bells would be ringing in someone's ears at least! It seems that as a society we are promoting bad behaviour amongst our young. It certainly makes me worry about the furture of our society. I realise there is a push to let kids walk out of school expecting the $100k, company car, etc and walking out of anything that requires a little hard work, but I still can't see how society can survive if everyone has the attitude "I am entitled to everything on a silver platter and won't settle for less".

As for the age where parents lose control of their kids as far as the law is concerned - it's closer to 14 rather than 16. Quite frightening, but I haev seen many 14 year olds who are living out of home, partying hard, etc and there seems to be nothing the police/DOCS/anyone else can do. If his parents are trying, then I really feel for them.

[LisaHarman]

i agree with the last two comments very much soo.

it is sad that the parents dont feel it is important for their side of the story to be heard.

doesnt he have to get their permission to be doing all of these tours etc and promotional things or is he of a "legal" age where he doesn't need it.

[Rachel]

I think that parents should be held more accountable up until the age of 18. anything under that age (even sometimes older) Is still very young and immature in my opinion. Corey is a loser and he shouldn't be rewarded with all the media coverage.

[kezabelle]

I'd still like to know - can the parents actually do anything to stop it? All we see is the media coverage, but I know parents have very few rights concerning their children's behaviour once they are teens - and certainly once they are 16. It would be a very difficult situation - I don't know if I could publicly go against my child - and I won't ever know unless I'm in that situation (God forbid!). It's far too easy for teenagers to throw a tantrum and have nothing to do with their parents these days.