Ideas about how children should be raised

Ideas about how children should be raised

Introduction

Children who are well taken care of by their parents and are thus adequately supervised are at less odds to be involved in criminal activities . Studies have proven that . A dysfunctional family , on the other hand , which is commonly characterized by regular conflicts parental negligence , poor communication because of absorption to outside activities by parents , are always assumed to be the breeding ground for delinquents (Venkatesh , 1997

Discussion

A . Issue on the Rising criminality among juveniles

Statistics show , as U .S

. Department of Justice 's has done in their survey , that youth offenders , with ages ranging from 7 to 12 years , are becoming more and more involved with the juvenile justice system . One in ten juvenile arrests involves kids under thirteen years old . Offenses range from arson , rape , homicide , aggravated assault , robbery , to not so serious but persistent disruptive behavior such as truancy and incorrigibility . These children have a two to threefold greater risk of becoming serious , violent , and chronic offenders (_______OJJDP Mar . 2003

B . Factors Prevalent in Juvenile Crime

Sociologists , in an attempt to explain and point out the reasons behind delinquency , have concluded that there are connections between specific youth behaviors with the home environment , family background , the neighborhood , associations , and many other aspects that together , or separately affect the formative years of young people 's social environment . Delinquent children usually come from a background of difficult circumstances . Parental alcoholism , poverty , breakdown of family , abusive conditions in the home , death of parents during armed conflicts or drug overdose , and the HIV /AIDS scourge , and etc . are some of the various reasons that can leave children virtually orphaned . One or both parents may be physically present , but because of irresponsibility on their part (if even one of them is addicted to drugs or alcoholic , a child may grow developing certain ways and attitudes that are directly /indirectly caused by the parent /s addiction or drug-related behavior . In this case , true delinquency lies on the parents and the children are , in a way , orphaned or unaccompanied , and without any means of subsistence which , in the first place , the parents fundamental responsibility to provide (OJJDP , Mar . 2003

C . Best Parenting Strategy

Diana Baumrind developed a very widely known theory of parenting which created a great impact on the idea of parenting styles that most parents adhere to and follow today . The main concepts include the authoritative permissive and authoritarian models (Darling , 1999 Atkinson et al 1993 . The main idea concerns these styles and their impact on the resulting developing person . It is considered influential because it is perhaps the easiest to remember and where most parents or adults readily relate to in most cases (Darling , 1999

The theory indeed has inspired a lot of consequent studies especially the implied and emphasized acceptance of the superiority of the authoritative model over and against the rest of the other styles . In a sense , Baumrind and her theory or studies convey the clear message that there...