Recent figures shows 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 they need from parents and teachers. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

The surge in the number of extreme crime by teenagers below 18 years of age has become controversial over the years with many psychologists believing that
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of social and emotional teaching from mothers and fathers, and tutors are the primary reasons for
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I will explain why. There
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a multitude of reasons
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why
parents
are not able to provide their
children
with social and emotional support, and one of which is
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of
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. As guardians have to engage in work to earn living and provide
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children
, not only they are busy, but when they come home from work they are tired and cannot have a good conversation with their offsprings.
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of the
parents
work full-
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every week from 9 to 5, and on top of
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they normally travel more than 2 hours back and forth to
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so they have little
time
left at home where they can observe their sons and daughters and correct them. Apparently,
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of
parents
with teenagers is
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in shaping their behaviour. Another significant aspect of
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schools. The primary one stems from the fact that teachers are
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responsible
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teaching good habits that shapes their social and emotional
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perspective
in a good way. Unlike at home, where
parents
do not have
time
to converse with their
children
, and they are not able to see their behaviour, schools, where pupils spend much of their
time
, teachers have more
time
to teach them to respect other people and act responsibly. It hardly
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mention why school is a great place to teach teenagers a good
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habit
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society. From the
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arguments
outlined above, it can be concluded that the increase in youth crimes are due to
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of guidance from mother and father because of
lack
of
time
and tutors at school cannot look individually
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each
children
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because only when
children
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proper direction, they can develop decent habits.
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