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Poll: Teenage Crime are parent's to blame?

Parents should be charged for the crimes committed by their children because it is their responsibility to establish awareness of what actions are acceptable and which actions are not.

Could you please give me some pro's and con's to this? It's for an argumentive essay. Thanks :)

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Hello there,

    Not necessarily, depends on the situation, proves, why and what before we point

    this on parents.

    Sometimes, parents gave their children enough education & moralities but then

    they got influences by current technology, peers & a part of it movies/songs to

    they hear so we can't blame the parents here too.

    Unlikely to say that if the parents itself is the cause like father beating the mother

    and therefore, children see this everyday and they think this kind of matter is not

    wrong at all so once they grow up, they commit the same thing and lead to another

    crime to another crime.

    How can one person say this is totally parents' fault if the thing is --

    "Once children is 16 and above, they are as equal to as mature people

    and they should have known what is best for them and what is not.

    Some kids are raised in a broken family but they chose the initiative to be

    different than the father or the mother and.

    Meanwhile,some use the same agenda and become just like one or even worst

    like the parents itself"

    My conclusion in here is:-

    - Teenage crime is not parents' fault this is because due to other influential

    may lead the teenagers to commit crime. At the same time, once they are

    teenage, they are consider someone who can think good or the other way

    round. If the parents itself have a problem, they should known better instead

    of taking the example to be worst than that.

    Thank you :)

  • 8 years ago

    No. Teenagers are in control of their own actions and should be taught to take responsibility for the wrongs that they do. Unless they are physically forced to do something, then they are to blame. (Of course, some kids develop mental illnesses/disorders from bad upbringings, but that's a different story)

    Have a good day!

    Lbee

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    No. At a certain age kids should be able to distinguish between right and wrong themselves.

    We give enough leeway to minors as it is -- they usually get off with a warning, and some who commit serious crimes don't even get jailtime.

    Look at it this way -- if this was in effect, it might increase crimes committed by kids, because their parents would be punished instead of them.

  • 8 years ago

    When parents spoil a child and supports him no matter what the child does, this child learns that there

    is nothing he can do that is wrong. On the other hand a child is influenced by his peers and can go

    astray no matter how much he has been taught at home. For the most part I believe if a child is given

    love but taught good behavior and values he will not be apt to go astray.

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  • 8 years ago

    You can look at this 2 ways

    Yes - the parents did not teach their kids right from wrong

    No - because the parents can not be responsible for the actions their kids are taking - your friend can be the reason why you are steeling (he dare you or just for the fun of it)

  • DJ
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    A parent could do as good as they can to raise them and be as strict as they can and their kid can still turn out to break the law or commit criminal acts. Its not always the parents faults. Teenagers have minds of their own. They should get in trouble for their own actions.

  • mistle
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Yes

  • 8 years ago

    no

    Some people are just sh*tty people, no matter how you raise them. If you do this, might as well do the same thing for people over 18 as well.

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