"When Teenagers Become Delinquents, Parents Should Be Blamed." Do You Agree?

     It is ludicrous (completely unreasonable) to place the blame on parents should their teenage children misbehave.  In fact, such an idea should not even be suggested in the first place when one takes into consideration the fact that parents have hardly any control over what their children might do.  Deliquency on its own, denotes illegal or immoral behaviour, and no one is responsible for such behaviour except the child himself.

     Parents should not be blamed when their teenage children become deliquents.  Individuals should be responsible for their actions and no one else.  While it is true that parents have an important role in the upbringing of the children, they can only guide their children in the right way.  The ultimae choice of choosing the right way or the wrong one rests with the child.  As such, it is really unfair to pin (blame) all the blame on their parents when the children become wayward (behaving badly) in their behaviour.

     This is especially so when teenagers can effectively think for themselves.  The common assumption is that teenagers are still young and are therefore unable to decide what is correct.  Such an assumption can be said to be totally invalid.  Teenagers do kno the right thing to do; they just need the moral courage to do it.  If eenagers are capable of making the right decision, it is then unfair to make their parents the scapegoats (people who are blamed) should their decisions turn out to be the wrong ones.

     Delinquency is also more likel to be due to the influence of friends rather than the parents.  A man is defined by the company he keeps, and this is especially so in the case of teenagers.  They are beginning to realise their individuality and heir identity is being shaped not so much by their parents than by their peers.  Thus, if blame is to be accorded to anyone for a teenage turning deliquent, i is fairer to accord to the teenagers' friends.

     There will be those who insist tht the parents have to bear responsibility for their children turning bad.  It will be worthwhile for these people to remember that teenagers have a mind of their own, and can easily reject the soundest advice children think, it is hard to imagine how they can be blamed for their children's transformation into something undesirable.

     Thus, parents should not be blamed should their teenage children turn deliquent.  

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