Parents to be fined for the damages their kids causes

A call has gone out to fine the parents of children who vandalise facilities at gardens and parks across the Kingdom. The parks and gardens, about 200 of them, are maintained by the government after spending millions of dinars, according to sources.

Speaking to Tribune, Muharraq Municipal Council chairman Mohammed Al Sinan said the council was planning to fine parents starting with BD50 for acts of vandalism carried out by their children. He also said there are plans to install CCTV cameras at parks to monitor children who are damaging gaming facilities.

Northern Municipal council chairman Mohammed Bouhmoud said parents should exercise more caution to stop such behaviors from the part of children. Refusing the idea of increasing the number of security guards at parks, Mr Bouhmoud said, “If we deploy security guards parks will not be parks. We don’t want to take children to Public Prosecution. What we want is the cooperation from the part of parents.”

Citizen Jassim Ahmed said he doesn’t understand how parents are tolerating their children who destroy public properties. “Parents should guide their children properly against doing such acts.” Amina Hassan, a mother, welcomed the proposal to fine parents. “It will lead to parents controlling their children. Or else some children are capable of destroying all parks in the Kingdom.”