In my opinion, if children behave badly, their parents should accept responsibility and also be punished. My reasons are as follows.
Firstly, children are very young and inexperienced persons. By nature, their capability of reasoning hasn’t fully developed yet, and thus, they are often incapable of drawing a clear distinction between what is socially acceptable and unacceptable. They still need to learn much about life and gain experience. In doing so, they need training and guidance to lead them to the right path, build their capability of reasoning, and shape their behavior into socially acceptable one. It’s their parents’ job to educate, lead, and guide them well. Therefore, if children behave badly, presumably their parents don’t do their job well, and consequently, they have to bear the consequences and deserve punishment.
Secondly, everywhere in the world, children are categorized as minors by law. They are incapable of assuming full social and legal responsibility, and thus, their parents are required to give them proper supervision so as to guarantee that the children’s behavior doesn’t violate socially acceptable norms or the law. Inexperienced and eager to explore their world, children often try out or involve themselves in anything they find attractive or interesting without thinking about the consequences. If their parents don’t give them proper supervision, children will probably fall into indecent or even illegal activities.
From experience, I learn that children’s bad behavior is mostly attributable to their parents. I believe that if parents raise and educate their children well and with affection, their children will respect them and will do their best to make them proud. On the contrary, if parents treat their children badly, in turn their children will behave badly to express their disappointment or to take revenge against their own parents. In