Recent figures show an increase in violent crime among youngsters under the age of 18. Some psychologists claim that the basic reason for this is that children these days are not getting the social and emotional learning they need from parents and teachers.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
According to the latest news, violent crime among the children below the age of 18 is dramatically rising. The most possible reason for this may be a shortage of the social and emotional learning, which is normally gained from parents or at school.
To start with, most of the young adults are passing the age of a psychical growing up which is normally connected with a strong feeling of individuality and willingness to rebel. Consequently, their behaviour is often rude or destructive – they are trying to prove how independent they are.
Secondly, nowadays women are working as well men, and they do not put enough time in bringing up their children. Therefore, lack of time spent with a child may cause feeling of emotional scarcity and make some bad effects in later years.
On the other hand, the way we behave is often connected with behaviour of our closest friends and family. For instance, when we spend most of our time with people who have no ambitions or someone which crime history is rich of certain kinds of deeds, we are more likely to behave as bad as our friends in order to stay in the group.
To sum up, social and emotional learning is amazingly important when we are growing up. Lack of certain knowledge may cause problems with obeying the law, which often ends up with serious crime. In order to prevent such a dramatical end, we should spend more time on educating the youth about possible consequences which appears among with the commission of crime.