Should parents ever be responsible for the actions of their children?

[mids2019]

OK this is an extreme example for. The US which is quite shocking but in principle should parents ever be responsible for the actions of their children? For instance if someone is brought up in a particularly terrible way should there be a penalty applied to a parent where the children commits a crime? On the whole I think not but it's an interesting question....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68223118

They refused to get him medical help for mental health which he requested. They bought him a gun a few days before the incident.

It sounds completely unreasonable but the details did show some troubling indifference in the parents behavior that I do think should have had some consequences - though perhaps not manslaughter convictions.

It will be interesting to see in Father being tried separately is also convicted or if the woman is being held to a higher standard as can happen in courts.

I did see a USA legal expert worry about it though as the boy plea guilty and in his view that should mean he was solely responsible.

However have read accounts in one state of a guy lending a friend a car said friend using it in a crime of armed robbery and car owner then being held legally responsible under criminal conspiracy for friends crimes.