Bush Fires

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Having grown up in the suburbs I have not seen a real bushfire only the smoke from the burn offs and smoke from very distant fires.

I do not think the penalties are strong enough if it is children or adults they all should be sent to jail for a min of a year.

Redrat

Having grown up in the country, I know how hard life can be at times, all through no fault of our own. It breaks my heart to see the devestation that both flood and fire can cause. When my kids were growing up I would take them to show what damage can be caused from fires that were deliberately lit. It makes me cross that too often kids are the cause of fire, especially those that are at an age that should know better.

My kids were raised with tough love. That lost privileges and were grounded, and had to earn hard to get them back. They are adults now and I see them doing the same with their own kids, so maybe it has worked.

I think the penalties for lighting fires are quite severe these days, but it worries me that with juveniles there is too much leniancy with little support from the parents in actively trying to rectify situations.

jjdrer

Having grown up in the country, I know how hard life can be at times, all through no fault of our own. It breaks my heart to see the devestation that both flood and fire can cause. When my kids...

Re Juveniles. My niece started school. Her parents were absolutely shocked and angry when they were told by Miss 5 year old that the teacher had told them that "Children have rights" and gave them examples. If they were given so much as a gentle tap on them anywhere if they complained at school it would be reported to the appropriate authorities and the children could be taken away from their parents. If they didn't want to do what their parents or other adults asked them to, they didn't have to. If a parent raised their voice, it was verbal abuse (even if there no inappropriate words used). It could also be classed as emotional abuse. Believe me her parents were not impressed and had "words" with staff at the school about it. Mind you it backfired with some students as they reckoned they didn't have to obey the teachers either.....Yes we were brought up with tough love to. We had favourite toys confiscated., The severity of the "crime" and how many prior warnings we had been given dictated the length of time. We missed out on special treats and also were grounded. We soon learnt to behave, especially when away from our own home, be it shopping, visiting people or "whatever". My 2 nieces are both brought up the same way, and I am very proud to say that my eldest niece is bringing her daughter up the same.
In fact if she needs to apologise she has to say "I am sorry for..................." On occasion she had to write apologies and give them to the people she had misbehaved towards or who had overhead what she had said.
You cannot force a teenager(specially when they try to push the boundaries) from going out. Well, that used to come under children's rights!! The laws went too far

Re Bushfires, Many years ago whilst travelling through the Adelaide Hills with my parents on a winding road we witnessed a passenger in a car ahead of us throw a cigarette butt out of the car window. Moments later the grass and fallen leaves started to smoulder. Dad stopped our car, then got out and stamped it out, then poured some water on it that was kept in the car in case the Motor overheated or we broke down and needed water to drink. A cousin of ours who has a farm in the Upper South East area of SA, had a small bushfire on his farm which started at the road edge. As there was a lot of grain trucks in the area at the time they think it may have been started by an spark from an exhaust pipe or the exhaust pipe touched grass when it moved over to let a car pass or to avoid a vehicle coming from the other way on the wrong side of the road or too close to the lines in the middle of the road. It burnt out almost one whole paddock and could have been much worse. Fortunately there was no stock in that or nearby paddocks. And they have their own small truck with water tank on it. Also they spotted them smoke from out on a back paddock and have CB Radio in all their vehicles so one could start the truck and fill the water tank right up while the others came in from the paddocks.

Bunn

Having grown up in the country, I know how hard life can be at times, all through no fault of our own. It breaks my heart to see the devestation that both flood and fire can cause. When my kids...

I know what you mean, i hope if any of these fires were lit, someone will help catch them and be given a very big jail term what ever their age is.