A Parent's Role in Crime

     How much are parents to blame for their children's crimes? Many times, it is difficult for them to come to the realization that their children are engaging in dangerous behavior. They would rather just think to themselves that it is nothing major and they are just going through a phase or that something is bothering them and discussing it takes too much effort. Another way that parents can cause their children to fall into crime is if they do not give them the outward affection they need. Whether there is a massive amount of fighting going on in the household, or the parents are not together, or even if they engage in dangerous behavior themselves: all these things can create an extremely unstable environment for the children and it will not have a good influence on them later in life. Since the parents are not the ones who end up actually committing the crime, they can not be completely blamed, but they definitely play a part (Private Writing).

     Cyber-bullying has caused many people, especially teens, to commit suicide and has had other unhealthy effects on them. Parents who let their children use any kind of social media site are often unaware of who else is using them and how their own children use them. They need to be more cautious of how they involve themselves in social media by helping them determine which sites are safe and which are not (NPR).   

     Most of the time, courts do not hold parents completely responsible for their children's crimes, but they do demand proof that they did have some idea of their child's potential to act and refused to do anything about it. In this way, they are actually more protective of the parent then of the victim. In the mid 1960s, legal scholars suggested an approach that would help parents become more aware of their children's behavior. This was called "The Restraint," which distinguished the difference between the careless acts of a young child and the more conscious actions of an older child. They decided that the parents would be more responsible for younger children, who can't always project the consequences of their actions. They also stated that the parent would be held more responsible if they had any kind of awareness of their child, older or younger, causing harm (Lawyers.com). One can hope that as a result of this, more parents will do a better job teaching their children right from wrong so that they will not grow up to engage in unlawful behavior.   

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  1. UnknownApril 13, 2018 at 7:34 AM

    That is true, not many parents are aware of how to discipline their kids or how to communicate with them and there are factors on parents always being place to be blamed for the crimes their children committed but its also the child that is at fault as well. Your link on NPR is good, I like how you discuss on how cyber bullying can affects people and also how parents and other people should have help out with the lives of their children. Good job towards your research.

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  2. MariahSmith31907April 26, 2018 at 11:48 AM

    In the first paragraph, I agree with what you had to say about what causes a child to act a certain way. Majority of parents think that their child is going through a phase or a child themselves are seeking for attention at home, so they can receive the attention they deserve. Also, the last sentence in paragraph one makes perfect sense. Parents are not fully to be blamed, but they do take a place in the situation. Reflecting back to the hyperlink in paragraph one, written by "Private Writing"; It does say "Even if the children is diagnosed as mentally unsound, insane, crazy, manic-depressive, it's still not the parents fault". In paragraph two, great information about cyberbullying but, how many teens commit suicide a year due to cyberbullying? How can parents find out that their child is cyberbullying or being cyberbullied? Lastly, was the last link to Lawyers.com supposed to take me anywhere? It just took me to the main page on where to find a lawyer? Overall, great job on the blog.

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