# If your child commited a crime

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-child-commited-a-crime/586227>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 21, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-child-commited-a-crime/586227 "2011-06-21T00:15:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-child-commited-a-crime/586227/21 "2011-06-22T13:18:56Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> Best answer ever. And a good get rich quick scheme too. Train your kid to become a proficient thief, then turn him in for hte reward money and keep all the stolen possessions. You’ll be in Costa Rica living high on the hog while your kid is in prison. …

Nah, too risky. What if the po-pos seize all the household assets because stolen goods were kept in your house? Also they might not be too discriminating in who they arrest, and nab you too.

You have to plan for the kid to be moved OUT of your household BEFORE the crime spree begins - and kids are sometimes too stubborn to cooperate with this plan.

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