It's very embarrassing for any law abiding parent to have a wayward child out of fear that their good name would be dragged in the mud by their actions. Back in Nigeria, the adult son of a high ranking church official was suspected of breaking into my alma mata's chapel and looting items, much to the consternation of my relatives, who wondered breathlessly, "What of his parents"? I simply brushed his involvement aside because of his notorious reputation on campus. It got so worse that according to one of my school mates, his father had threatened to disown him, much to his wife's chagrin (the guy's mom) who cried. Not long ago, a prominent man's daughter recently got a divorce and one of my friends said something to the effect that since her father holds a prominent position in the Church, then perhaps, he ought to have done something (I have forgotten exactly how he paraphrased it, but he sort of held her father accountable particularly since the girl gave birth while she was still a teenager. I disagreed with him.

And my question is this: Should parents be held accountable for the bad actions of their adult children?

Once a child is a certain age whether the parents raised him or her well or not, the child has a choice of which way to go. As they say. You can lead a donky to the river but you cant force the donkey to drink. So no, parents should not be held accountable for their adult children.

No, except they failed while rearing the kids.

Input determines output!

Here is the latest, https://www.nairaland.com/6574686/sanwo-olu-parents-children-convicted-cultism

Any child above 18 is totally responsible for his or her own actions.

I know people who raised their kids properly, but they grew and transformed into something that's entirely different from what their parents envisioned. I can't blame their parents. They gave it their best. The blame is 100% on the so called child.

The parents cannot come and kill themselves.

The only time anyone can apportion any blame to the parents is when they didn't raise the child well in the first place. Like, encouraging the kids to bully others. Encouraging petty stealing, etc.

I just realized that this thread was created before I was born.

Yes. Because a badly behaved child is usually the outcome of failed parenting.
Even the Bible makes it clear when it says "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he grows up, he'll never depart from it."

When a child ( be it an adult or small child) turns out badly, it's because the parents did not guide them on the right path in life.

Most parents today just bear children but are never actively involved in their upbringing. They leave them to either house helps or grannies who are too weak to handle them properly. Worst still, they send them to boarding schools where they go and join other bad eggs from uncultured homes.

Now, how do you expect such a child to turn out well?

Parents take 90% of the blame or praise for how a child turns out in life.

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See old topic oo

Should a parent be held responsible Yes and No, there are so many factors that lead to social vices in children.. Environmental, parental and so on!!

So if parent didn’t do his/ her diligence that’s a problem
If parent do their diligence and environmental factor finish the person then don’t hold parent responsible

My father use to earn me not to lash girl before I marry, now look at me, by the time I walk from Ikeja under bridge to where I go enter brt, I go Dey see yansh open bressss, go to Twitter na so so free yannsh

How will I overcome that? Abeg I go lash so don’t blame my papa blame me and environment

No

Not at all

Nope

Yes and No

Yes na

Sometimes parents should be blamed for the upbringing of their children but never should they be held accountable

Anybody above the age of 18 should face the consequences, the gain or outcome of their actions

Yeafame:
Abdulmutallab comes to mind

I still wonder how those vibrant's and intelligent boy who loves sport could venture into terrorism.
That guy Wikipedia page made me weep, what a waste.

Yes... Because many adults wey dey misbehave na as a result of the fact that the parents actually failed to impact good behaviors on dem when dem dey young........In some cases self,you go see where pikin go do bad thing,him papa go para to the extent of say he wor beat am,but the mama go stand her ground say make the papa no touch her pikin

No hold their boyfriend responsible

While growing up yes... But an adult no

greatgod2012:
Input determines output!

That's only for computers, God gave us the "Will Power" a child can or is liable to choose his/her path

Fúck Buhari

He is a terrorist

Peer group have more impact on a kid life than their parents.

Not in all cases

Some parents pretend alot. They can't be spared some level of criticism.

How can a correct alpha male raise a red piller? Or a feminist raise a fish head?

Not possible at all.

Bullies, thieves, murderers, rapists, child molesters etc all come from disfunctional homes.