If children behove bodly should lheir porenfs foke responsibility ond olso be punished? Sfofe your onswer ond give your reosons. OR lf o five yeor old commils o crime (ony kind), should his/her porenfs occepf responsibility ond how should they be punished. Whol is lhe oge of o child when porenfs no longer hove fhe responsibility of o child's behoviour?

The debate on whether parents should be held responsible for their children's misdeeds has been going on for ages and people are divided on the issue. I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any

crime

. A number of arguments surround my opinion.

To begin

with, if parents know that they will be held responsible for their children's inappropriate actions, they will see to it that their children are well supervised and well cared for. Parents are responsible for bringing their children on Earth and only they are responsible for raising them in

such

a way that they act appropriately in society. Everyone knows that juveniles make

mistakes but

Accept comma addition

mistakes, but

it is the onus of the parents to keep an eye on them so that they do not exceed their limits and commit grave crimes.

Secondly

, it has been seen that if parents are held responsible

then

it would definitely lead to an improvement in family life.

Such

parental responsibility would become a cultural norm and families will develop closer bonds. Divorces would become rare and broken families would

also

become less.

Finally

, children are

also

less likely to commit a

crime

if they know that their parents would be held responsible. There are those who oppose holding the parents responsible. They say that children today are independent and there are many external influences, which affect the behaviour of children

such

as TV and peer pressure.

However

, I firmly believe that if parents take care of their children and monitor their activities and friends circle, the effect of external influences could never be so overpowering that children commit crimes. Parents could be made to pay

fine

Suggestion

a fine

the fine

fines

if children commit petty

crime

and the punishment could

also

be more severe

such

as a heavy fine or imprisonment if the child commits

serious

Suggestion

a serious crime

serious crimes

crime

such

as murder. Summing up, if we want to reduce the number of

such

crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.