f children, no matter what age, were to steal or harm someone, should the parents go to jail or be tried for it? This is a really interesting debate; most people argue that it is always the parent’s fault. Sure, children are a product of their environment; but this doesn’t always mean that the parents are to blame for what a child may do. Sometimes, children just do not have the ability to learn what is morally right and wrong. Sometimes, develop in such a way that the parents did all they can, but all their work and all they did was to little or no avail. A parent can do all they can to raise their children to be a good, decent person; but that doesn’t mean it’s always going to work out that way. Parents should not be held accountable for
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The same needs to go for children, if a child
Grosse 2 is able to do any or all of those actions, they belong in a facility where they can get the help or the monitoring they need. Which brings us to the next topic of parental neglect.
Psychology Today defines child neglect as “a type of maltreatment related to the failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care. Unlike physical and sexual abuse, neglect is usually typified by an ongoing pattern of inadequate care and is readily observed by individuals in close contact with the child.” (Child Neglect 1). One of the biggest arguments about problematic children is that the parents aren’t around enough, did a horrible job raising them in a loving and sound environment, or that they were neglectful. In some instances this is most likely the case, but not always. There’s no doubt that some parents just aren’t good parents. Sometimes parents have kids too young, or they just have kids they didn’t want in the first place; in this scenario, it can be seen by how the child acts out and how they are. In other cases, parents will do all they can, give their children love, attention, and care; the child may react to it, but they also
The same needs to go for children, if a child
Grosse 2 is able to do any or all of those actions, they belong in a facility where they can get the help or the monitoring they need. Which brings us to the next topic of parental neglect.
Psychology Today defines child neglect as “a type of maltreatment related to the failure to provide needed, age-appropriate care. Unlike physical and sexual abuse, neglect is usually typified by an ongoing pattern of inadequate care and is readily observed by individuals in close contact with the child.” (Child Neglect 1). One of the biggest arguments about problematic children is that the parents aren’t around enough, did a horrible job raising them in a loving and sound environment, or that they were neglectful. In some instances this is most likely the case, but not always. There’s no doubt that some parents just aren’t good parents. Sometimes parents have kids too young, or they just have kids they didn’t want in the first place; in this scenario, it can be seen by how the child acts out and how they are. In other cases, parents will do all they can, give their children love, attention, and care; the child may react to it, but they also