Today,there are many laws to protect children all over the world.Some people think that children must obey rules or be
punished.
Children in the United States have to go to school until the age of sixteen.All children must attend school, and they have
the right to do this for free .Children can leave school when they are sixteen whether or not they graduate, and continue their
education until they are twenty-one. American students cannot choose school by themselves but they have to attend school
in the community where they live. However,in some states,like Hawaii,Utah,and Washington, children must attend school until the age of eighteen! A child cannot miss school without an acceptable reason.There are laws about this.Illness,
a Death in the family, or an emergency is an acceptable reason for missing a class or a whole day.Schools are very serious about school attendance. There are laws that make the parents accountable if their children miss school. Parents can go to jail or pay a fine. In Colorado, a fifteen-year-old girl went to jail fir a month because she missed forty-three days of school and was late nineteen times.Her parents also went to jail for the days and paid a fine of $300.