Should negligent parents be punished?

HailChina! (Australia)

Here in Australia we have accidents on farms from time to time where children are injured or killed. It is most often the case that the parent has been careless and this has resulted in their child's death but there is no sense in getting angry at them about it. These types of accidents are a tragedy and often the parents are in more need of counseling than punishment. I do not think that parents that cause a tragic accident through being careless should be charged with manslaughter.

A boy falls asleep in car seat in Oct, 2010. [Photo/IC]