[rusabd]

> Truancy laws and CPS only work when the vast majority of parents do their job.

That is a dangerous thought. The next thing one might say is why we need truancy laws and CPS if not to harass well-behaved middle class parents.

[slibhb]

That's the opposite of what I said. Truancy laws and CPS work great when parents are "well-behaved".

But they aren't a substitute for "well-behaved" parents. No matter how much money the government spends it will not be able to raise children.

I don't know how to solve this problem but I am sure any solution involves recognizing what's going on here, which you are not doing.

[rusabd]

> But they aren't a substitute for "well-behaved" parents

Should we discourage some people having children then?

[justsid]

Realistically and objectively, the answer has to be yes. Although you get into all sorts of issues if you actually go down that line, so practically the answer is no.

[unishark]

I think the point was the student will still fail. Truancy laws can force them to sit in a chair. But they can't make the student care about passing when their parent isn't holding them to any such standards.