Parents are important members of the society.
Parents who form the family can be viewed as first agents of socialization because they are the role models and mentors that a child looks up to.
Parenting comes with lots of responsibilities, which when not handled well, will have negative effects on the children. An act of irresponsibility on the part of parents is child negligence. “Negligence.” according to Advanced Learners' Dictionary means “Failure to give someone enough care or attention," While parental negligence could be a crime consisting of acts of parental denial.
Those who claims to be parents, but fail to take steps necessary to properly raise their child are doing the society grave ill. Parental negligence is a social menace which has helped to kindle the rate of social misconducts. Parental negligence does not only involve failures to provide the basic needs but also in their duty to instill moral etiquette to the child's consciousness.
Children are future leaders of the society. They should be given sufficient care and enlightenment. Research has revealed that 45% of social misconducts could be attributed to parental negligence. Parents of nowadays feel the only work they have to do for their children is to provide for them their basic needs, not knowing that it is far from what their children need. A child needs love, advice and encouragement.
Parental negligence has many effects on youth population, which include absence of control from immoral behaviours like prostitution, cultism, etcetera.
Imagine some parents leaving home around 5am in the morning to return around 9pm without having an eye on their children. How do you think their children will behave? Obviously, their children will be living unscrupulous lifestyles.
Some parents do not care about their children's behaviours or the friends they keep. Many do not even know the academic performances of their children. Worst of it all, some parents are ignorant of the capabilities of their children, thereby exposing them to bad friends who may in turn influence them negatively.
Some children are reticent in sharing their problems with their parents because they will usually respond harshly: "can't you see that i am busy?!” Thus the child would solve the problem inappropriately.
Parents also take actions without minding the influence on their children. Imagine a mother wearing a dress that exposes her body? What does she expect of her female children? There is a saying that the "Siblings of the serpent never fails to be long." A Female child of an irresponsible mother must definitely take after their mother's lifestyles. Remember that a mother hen with chicks does not perch on a high strand.
Children are like hidden stars, which need encouragement, advice and prayers from their parents to shine. The best place a parent can invest in is on the children. Parents ensure they establish a good and stable relationship with their children. They should employ effective communication mechanisms for smooth relationship.
Parental negligence if adequately taken care of, will drastically reduce the rate of crime in the society . This will further guarantee the emergence of responsible leaders of tomorrow.
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