article_snippet: The parents of teenagers who flee Britain to join ISIS should take more responsibility for The parents of teenagers who flee Britain to join ISIS children's actions, a senior police officer has said.
article_snippet: Sir Peter Fahy, one of the country's leading counter terrorism officers, said families are more to blame for young jihadis who runaway to Syria than the police, schools or local authorities.
article_snippet: Sir Peter Fahy (above) said some parents should take more responsibility for some parents actions .
article_snippet: What is ill-advised is to just blame the police, blame the authorities, blame the school, when the absolute prime responsibility for the welfare of children lies with parents,' the absolute prime responsibility for the welfare of children told The Times. '
article_snippet: the absolute prime responsibility for the welfare of children comments come after the three London schoolgirls families castigated police for not warning the the schoolgirls' families of concerns before the girls fled the country in February.
article_snippet: As parents, we expect the safeguarding of we children to be the top priority of schools and the local authority whilst our children are in our children care. '
highlights_snippet: Sir Peter Fahy said the 'prime responsibility' for runaways lies with parents .
  