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

Recent figures present violent crime that young

people

who are under 18 years old commit increases. Some psychologists claim that the cause for

this

occurrence is that parents and teachers do not teach them appropriately. I disagree with

this

statement as I think there are other important factors.

Therefore

,

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essay will discuss them. Nowadays, young

people

spend most of their time doing activities with friends, so I think that environment that they live in and

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around them have a negative effect on them. If their friends do something badly, and everyone ignores that action, children will learn that it is

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right thing and do it.

For example

, my classmate, Betty, go to a club even if she is not 20 years old. She can go there as her friend suggests borrowing others’ identical

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. At

first

, she was concerned that the club’s guard may know it is not her real card, but she still go there as many

people

, including her friend, do it. It can bring young

people

to do something worse without realizing what they did can affect someone.

Moreover

, punishment of children is not as heavy as that of adults. If they violate the law, they are fined and warned at least.

As a result

, youngsters repeat it. You can clearly see that some groups who have been punished are more likely to do it in a few days. To sum up, teaching is one of

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, but it is not a key factor. I believe that

people

whom they interact with,

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as friends, and light penalty are motivations of the action.