Should Parents Be Held Responsible For Children's Actions
Should parents be held responsible for their children’s actions? Do you have siblings at home? Have you ever gotten in trouble for something you’ve never done? It’s not a good feeling. If you don’t want to be blamed nor punished for something you didn’t commit why should parents? As violence by juveniles has increased in recent years, the debate about parents’ legal responsibility for children’s behavior has escalated. Shootings, gang violence, drugs, alcohol these are very few things that children this lifetime are getting into. These are the things that parents are teaching their kids to stay away from but children, teens are doing them anyway. Why would kids do any of these things when they were raised not to? It’s because of peer pressure,
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Whether or not the child is taught integrity and morals is the responsibility of the parent. It is hoped that the parents can instill a strong enough sense of right and wrong so that by the time the child is exposed to other sources, their moral compass is secure.
Therefore, I believe that parents are responsible for their children's actions, as they are the root of their character. It is a parent's duty to teach their children responsible behavior. They must see that a child knows right from wrong, and discipline the child if he or she misbehaves. However, how the child takes in what’s been taught to them is beyond the parent’s control. At some point as a parent, your kids are going to make poor choices. We all hope the impact of those choices will be minor, provide opportunities to learn and leave no lingering consequences for your children or others. When a child who has been taught normative behavior chooses to commit a crime, then he or she should be held responsible. The only exceptions are when a parent has become aware of a situation that might have been prevented had they known about it and failed to intervene or when they provide the tools that lead to criminal acts. Advocates of full parental accountability,
Whether or not the child is taught integrity and morals is the responsibility of the parent. It is hoped that the parents can instill a strong enough sense of right and wrong so that by the time the child is exposed to other sources, their moral compass is secure.
Therefore, I believe that parents are responsible for their children's actions, as they are the root of their character. It is a parent's duty to teach their children responsible behavior. They must see that a child knows right from wrong, and discipline the child if he or she misbehaves. However, how the child takes in what’s been taught to them is beyond the parent’s control. At some point as a parent, your kids are going to make poor choices. We all hope the impact of those choices will be minor, provide opportunities to learn and leave no lingering consequences for your children or others. When a child who has been taught normative behavior chooses to commit a crime, then he or she should be held responsible. The only exceptions are when a parent has become aware of a situation that might have been prevented had they known about it and failed to intervene or when they provide the tools that lead to criminal acts. Advocates of full parental accountability,