Many Years back, when i was in High school i witnessed firsthand School unrest when three teenagers held the school to ransom and attacked our entire teaching staff including the school principal.
Ever since then i have tried to figure out why teenager would join gangs ?, why teenagers would prefer gangs ? and unethical orientation to moral and sane reasons to be good?.
I have also tried to figure out who is to blame for all that the teenagers turned out to become and why they had to experience very early the 4 walls of a correctional facility (Juvenile cells or prisons).?
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Who do i blame? The family? The school? Our Religious groups? or The Society?
21th century society would rather let the kids go astray and focus on solely their kids rather than caution the would kids colletively.
The 21th century family now dose what "Child Literacy Expert Sue Palmer" would term "Electronic Babysitting"
Parents who fail to discipline their children properly are creating a generation of angry children who lash out in the classroon and other public areas. Children are twice as likely to be aggressive and disruptive if they had parents who were violent, critical or inconsistent in what they allowed them to get away with at home.
Better still children tend to be better behaved if their parents combined warmth with clear and consistent rules and boundaries.
Parents who used negative discipline had twice the rate of children with severe behavioral problems compared to the other parents.
Harsh parenting trains children to become anti-social and hence they contribute or head societal vices.
Many times i wonder and people wonder why teenagers would think of joining gangs. There are many different teens and reasons why they all join. Some for power, status, looking for friendship, famly, peer pressure, money or fame.
The most pertinent issue of all is Depression.
Teenage depression is one of the causes for teenage involvement in societal vices.
when the body, mood and thoughts are affected by the way they eat, sleep, feel and even think, then there is every tendency that mental problems arise even at home, school and in the society and when not treated properly teens then to drift away.
IF parents are aware of these signs then the cure is 60% achieved.
IF parents don't show signs of depression then the teens are safe because the parents have direct influence on the children.
The family, The school and Our Religious Wings have got lots of work to do and it starts now.[image source]
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Let it stop and this is how!!
Parents Should get involved in their children's activities
Encourage their education and study habits. Strong education and training are directly related to Teenages positive development.
Encourage participation in good after school activities.
IF our teenagers are GOOD today then They will Be BETTER tomorrow
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