Developmental Psychology: Delinquency In Children

Children in their teen years tend to have at least some form of delinquency. Boys tend to be more susceptible to it than girls. In this video we are learning about thirteen year old Joshua. Who was removed from his home for punching his mother in the face. He did this after attacking his sister with a pair of scissors. When they were talking to him he compared himself to being treated like a dog who is being pulled on a leash with no choice. I notice in the video he seemed to blame everyone else. He says his sister lies on him to get him in trouble and that he’s angry because his parent got divorced when he was a young boy. Although he did admit to being somewhat at fault. When they moved him into a new home at a crisis center he had some trouble adjusting into the home because of the fact that he has a hard time to read social situations. …show more content…
I think it is very mature of him to not want to return home so that he can get better. After a year of being in the system and getting the help that he needs Joshua was released back to his family and has not been back in the legal system since. Children often don’t know what is right for them but in this instance I think that Joshua knew best. In developmental psychology we learn about how a person’s surroundings shape who they are and for children that is even truer. When Joshua’s parents split up everything changed for him. The dynamics of the house and well as the social structure of the home. While the divorce of his parents could very well have been the turning point for young Joshua it by no means excuses his