Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause‚ parents are not held responsible in most countries. This essay will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes. There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all‚ teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parent’s house at 18 years of age or younger. They
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2011 If children behave badly‚ should their parents accept responsibility and also be punished? Who is at fault for the behavior of a certain individual? Is the parent to be punished for the crime or "wrong doing" of their child? Parents should have control of their own children and are held liable for anything the child does. They are the legal guardians‚ it is not the child who teaches himself/herself to be that way‚ it is the parent. They choose how to raise their children‚ if the child
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My opinion on whether parents should accept responsibility if their children behave badly In my opinion‚ if children behave badly‚ their parents should accept responsibility and also be punished. My reasons are as follows. Firstly‚ children are very young and inexperienced persons. By nature‚ their capability of reasoning hasn’t fully developed yet‚ and thus‚ they are often incapable of drawing a clear distinction between what is socially acceptable and unacceptable. They still need to learn
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Writing 11/18/2013 Should Parents be Punished for Children’s Mistakes? Teenage crimes are on the rise‚ and in trying to prevent this condition from aggravating we are starting to consider different solutions‚ punishing parents for their children’s mistakes. The question to be asked is‚ are the parents really the problem here? Or is it something more severe? Punishing parents by the law is not the way to handle such rise in crime rates. Though I do believe that the parents should be held somewhat
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Parents hold a lot of responsibility when raising children. They are there to teach them right from wrong and how to behave in order to raise them into successful men and women that today’s society can relate to; rather than juvenile delinquents that this world discriminates upon. It is the parent’s responsibility to instill values into their young children because as the children grow it becomes their responsibility to make their own decisions since one day they will have to face the real world
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injury. So‚ are parents actually teaching their children violence? When a parent spanks a child‚ whether they are aware of it or not‚ they are teaching that child violence. They are teaching them that hitting someone else is okay. In his article "The 13 Ways Spanking Harms Children‚" Michael J. Marshall‚ PhD‚ says that "children who are spanked engage in more hitting and fighting than those who are not physically punished by their parents." Relying on spanking when parents think its needed
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should parents spank their children? There are many different ways to educate children but it is sure that parents just spank children when there is no way because no one want to hurt their children.Some people say that “spare the rob and spoil the child”‚but I think that parents should not use spank as a punishment for children. People should not spank their childrend for many reasons.First‚It cause many bad effects on children‚especially when they are young.In this age group‚children don’t have
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Should parents spank their children? What is the difference between "discipline" and "corporal punishment"? Literally‚ discipline means to teach or instruct; usually referring to helping children learn self-control. However‚ when parents speak of discipline‚ they often mean corporal punishment. Corporal punishment‚ though‚ involves the application of physical pain in response to undesirable behavior. In my opinion‚ I strongly believe that parents should not spank their child because there are other
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Should parents smack their children? Today I will be talking about the consequences of smacking children‚ whether it shall be legalized or not. Also I will bring my own personal response at the end of my speech. But for now‚ I will begin with why people say it shall be legalized. Firstly‚ some parents say that smacking a child teaches them a lesson how to be well disciplined and indirectly tells the child not to commit this deed again. Furthermore‚ some parents may think that children are having
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My Last Board Exam I had a sleepless night‚ the night before my last board exam. I could not forget it‚ it was my computer exam. I spent the whole night in the preparation‚ I usually do not stay awake for whole night but at that night I was feeling different‚ an excitement and passion was in my attitude‚ may be it was because of the happiness of last exam. I studied the whole night‚ When the sun rises‚ I offered the fajar prayer then I start revising my course. After revising I closed
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