Some people believe that children that commit crimes should be punished. Others think the parents should be punished instead Discuss both views and give your own opinion?

When

children

commit

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a crime

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crime

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, many believe that they themselves should be punished,

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there are those who argue that the

parents

of the

children

should face legal justice

instead

. In my opinion,

parents

should not be personally liable

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the wrongdoing of their

children

, since they themselves have not committed a crime, and cannot

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be responsible. Some may argue that since

children

have not fully developed their mental faculties,

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behaviours performed by them must be copied from their

parents

.

Therefore

,

parents

that teach their kids

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anti-social

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anti social

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behaviour

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shoulder some of the blame for their

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misbehaving. Studies have shown that

children

growing up in abusive households,

for example

, are more likely to grow up having psychological issues of their own.

Thus

, it might be suggested that since

children

’s cognitive functions are moulded by their

parents

, they should be punished

On the other hand

, to punish the

parents

of

children

implies that the child has no free will.

Although

parenting does play a part in individual action, it must be pointed out that individuals

also

have a degree of autonomy (

this

of course by age; a

four year old

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does not have the same level of cognition as a

seventeen year old

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).

Furthermore

, to convict

parents

of crimes their

children

commit would be to indict them for acts they simply have not done - it could

also

be the case that the child was raised perfectly well, and still decided to become a criminal.

Therefore

, since it cannot be proven that a child’s criminal action is

purely

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because of their

parents

instead

of their own volition, their

parents

should not be punished. Overall, I argue that since even

children

past a certain age have a degree of autonomy, we should not put a legal punishment on

parents

of criminal

children

.