Beyond The Barrio: “Bad Families” In Britain To Be Placed In Sin Bins

British officials have come up with a new and exciting means of dealing with less-than-stellar parents whose children are at risk for turning to crime and continuing the cycle of drug use and poverty: Embarrass them, adorably.

Parents who neglect to properly care for their offspring will be placed in “sin bins” - “Family Intervention Projects” wherein families will be under intense supervision for a period of 24 hours in order to make sure they are properly feeding, educating and caring for their children.

We can’t see something like this ever happening in the U.S, where the relationship between parents and their children seems to be one the government seems hesitant to play a mediating role in, perhaps out of fear of seeming too authoritarian or Big Brotheresque.

However, regardless of one’s take on what degree the government should invest themselves in familial relationships, we wonder whether this plan is even viable. Twenty-four hours? That goes by like, what? At least once a day? We’re not sure it’s little more than a band-aid solution meant to appease the public who wonder why “those people” aren’t doing more to care for their children and keep them from becoming pregnant and giving interviews to British tabloids. 

Worst families in Britain will be put in ’sin bins’ [Telegraph]