“Why not simply hold the teens accountable?” Because the teens don’t care, won’t pay the fine and will continue to do it. The parents don’t care either - that is until it affects them.

Baggy pants are not the problem. In the communities where you see this, the real problem you have is gangs of kids roaming the streets, disrespecting and intimidating people, fighting, burglarizing, stealing, etc. AND THEIR PARENTS DON’T CARE! Juveniles get a slap on the wrist when they do something wrong. The parents need to be held accountable for what their kids are doing, otherwise it won’t stop. Even if they don’t care about their kids, they DO care about money. A fine or jail may actually force these parents to do their job.

Personally, I like the baggy pants. Baggy pants are supposed to represent a gangsta type of life and are a fairly good indicator of what type of kid you are dealing with. Plus, when they are running from the authorities, it makes it a little easier to catch them.

McD: I understand the cheap hourly rate thing you’re talking about, however, you’re failing to mention that you must multiply that $4 per hour by how many children that person is watching at the same time. In that case, my child’s daycare has 10 kids at his level. So, that’s $40 per hour or roughly $83K per year for one teacher. Not too bad if you ask me….

As a teacher, I am tired of watching boys wearing saggy pants walk down the hallways at school holding their crotch area in order to keep their pants up. I’m tired of seeing underwear and naked rear ends. This is a type of sexual harrassment in the workplace and we do call parents to come to school to bring their child a belt or something more appropriate to wear. The whole fad is ridiculous, and the kids look like morons who can’t figure out how to dress themselves.

Yes, I have always believed that holding parents responsible for what their kids do would only make for a better society. Parents get all the praise when their kids are great. I am a parent of two boys 12 & 13 and the way they behave away from home is total reflection on me and their father. Hold me responsible for their bad behavior and I will take the responsibilty of holding them accountable. If I was my kids I would be more afraid of Mom than any judge. But I care about the kind of person I’m releasing into society.

The parents should not be responsible at all. These kids need to be punished for their behavior so they can learn from it. Punishing the parents isn’t helping the kids or teaching them anything. Do the parents make their kids dress that way? Do the parents tell their kids to let their pants hang off of them? I highly doubt any parent would push their kids to do that. The kids made the choice to dress that way, no one made it for them, the kids know the law and should be punished if they decide not to follow it.

I cannot help but feel we are targeting a group of people and not another. If it is the potential of impressions we are fining people for, then why not fine girls whose shirts “sag” too low. Someone please explain to me how one is a menace and not the other without infusing sexism or racism into the answer.

Saggy pants with their pants or rear ends exposed are bad , but they should also due something about the girls who walk around with thier bras or g-strings are hanging out, or their pants unizpped and folded over so you can see their underwear too. It should all be considered as indecent exposure if your under garments are showing no matter what sex or color you are! None of this is sexy and I personally don’t like seeing this whether it’s in a store or on the streets!!! I find it degrading and offensive! If someone comes into the store I work in all exposed, I ask them in a nice way to please pull them up because there are children in the store at times. So far they have all done as requested, but if not they would politely be asked to leave.