Some people believe that if a child commits a crime, they should be punished while others think it is the child's parent who should be punished. DIscuss both views and give your opinion.

It must be recognized that punishing young offenders is a salient issue that needs to be addressed, others believe that it is their
children
who should be punished for their
children
's actions
instead
. It is the opinion of the writer that a child who commits
crime
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should be harshly punished. It is essential to understand that
children
who commit
crime
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have to be punished for their, as it will prevent them from taking
such
actions again. The biggest benefit of
children
being punished is that it will
also
act as a warning to the kids
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so that they would have to think about the consequences before they even do anything.
Thus
, punishment should be applied
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all juvenile delinquents. Despite these, some people still believe that it is the parents who should be punished
instead
. They argued that
children
are greatly influenced by their
parent
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and irresponsible or abusive parents affect the kids in a negative way leading to young offenses.
This
point does have credibility, but
children
are not only influenced by their parents but
also
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their
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too, so they could have
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learnt negative from the outside rather than from their family. The writer believes that communities should enforce laws on young offenders and find the appropriate to punish them so that they will not do the same things again and
also
make them more responsible with their behaviours. Because of
this
, rehabilitating them and
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rid of all aggression from their minds give them a better life.
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,
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them develop a sense of responsibility and
developments
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of behaviours are essential points that need to be considered.
Thus
, the appropriate punishments should be imposed so that the
children
could
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become a better version of themselves.

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