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The best way to reduce crime amongst young people is to teach parents good parenting skills. Do you agree or disagree?

#crime #people #parents #skills
The graph of crimes is on the increase nowadays. These crimes are mostly committed by youngsters, which is definitely a matter of great concern. Many people claim that
this
 is the result of bad parenting as parents are ignorant of their
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, I disagree with the aforementioned statement and will discuss the same in
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 essay. In today’s
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 society plays an important role in forming an individual’s mindset. Youth learn their behaviour from their surroundings.
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 generation is exposed to various exploitative content on social media and
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 as aggressive video games, pornography, crime shows and
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 more. I believe even movies encourage social evils as they project lead cast murdering people in name of revenge and take law in their hands which portrays them as heroic.
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 number of youth is getting involved in illegal intoxication because cinema has depicted that taking alcohol and drugs is a casual thing. There are many other social factors like unemployment, peer pressure, poverty that persuade youngsters to involve in crimes. In conclusion, I would say that parents can only inculcate good values in their children and influence them to a certain extent. While there are other influential factors in an individual’s life
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 as bad company, society, social media and one’s own personal choices which plays a major role in shaping youth’s mentality. No parents want their children to be criminals and they always show them
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Hence
 it would be wrong to say that only good parenting skills can help reduce the crime rates of young offenders.
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