Recent figures show an increase in violent crime among youngsters under the age of 18. Some psychologists claim that the basic reason for this is that children these days are not getting the social and emotional learning. To what extend do you agree or disagree?
The world has been experiencing a great number of
crimes
committed by mostly teenagers. This
situation is quite alarming as mentioned by certain experts in psychology. From my perspective, while other social factors may be to blame the situation could get worse If young people can't acquire the right civic education.
On the one hand, I would agree that parents
’ less concern about their children is due to long working hours. In this
contemporary society, both parents
earn the living and spend 8 or even more hours at work which curtails the time for interaction between parents
and their teenagers, precluding youngsters from getting basic emotion like affection from adults. For instance
, if one wants to share either his disappointment or anxiety with parents
who might have no time for him, he tends to vent the anger by violating other people. Additionally
, in the technology era, people, including parents
are more likely to focus on smartphones, computers or TV rather than their duties to raise children properly.
On the other hand
, external influences such
as media, availability of drugs and peer pressure also
contribute to the rise in crime rates. When commercials and movies glorify smoking and drinking, the youth often gets curious and experiment with these stimulants. They, therefore
, end up getting intoxicated and this
allows the higher chances of committing crimes
. Similarly
, thanks to advanced technology, young children can play violent games
with extremely clear screens. This
has drastically encouraged children’s violent behaviour in the real world. According to the recent report in Japan, about 80 per cent of teenagers responded to games
or computer games
were the most inspiring for them to make crimes
.
To conclude, I believe that not only little parental guidance, but other factors such
as drugs and games
also
result in juvenile crimes
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