Honesty in the Age of Three Strikes

On Jan. 29 in her column, Dr. Joyce Brothers recommended having a child return stolen merchandise and apologize to the store for taking it.

While in the past I would have firmly endorsed this approach, in this day of zero tolerance, three strikes and mandatory sentencing, there is no way that I would willingly risk exposing my child to the twisted and insane circus that passes for our juvenile justice system.

JERRY PARSONS

Long Beach