Does it affect the children that dad has been in the detention center?

It depends not only on the specific case, but also on whether it is administrative detention or criminal detention.

1, administrative detention record, this situation will not affect the children's joining the army, this in the political review, will not care too much about the adverse effects of administrative detention, but if it is a national examination, it may have an impact.

2. Subject to criminal punishment, the immediate family members of the parties concerned will not be able to participate in the civil service examination, police school enrollment, military school enrollment, bank recruitment or state-owned enterprise recruitment, and the organization will not be hired.

legal ground

Article 3 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is clearly defined as a crime, and shall be convicted and punished according to law; If the law does not clearly stipulate that it is a criminal act, it shall not be convicted and punished.