Why do you think more kids are turning to crime?

This is an example of something I've been wondering about for sometime. Every generation has people that thinks the new generation has more crime, is more disrespectful etc. I can recall the same and similar phrases said by my grandfater and in old movies. So this idea just may be as old has the hills. Truth is there was crime and street gangs all the way back to Rome and Greece and before. Look at the laws of the time. If there was not crime then there wouldn't have been laws against it. Just look at the laws to see what some society had problems with. I've noticed there are bright kids and good kids and bad kids and rotten kids all through the ages. England once sent some of the bad ones to the new colony in Austrailia. Some families have one child that turns our good and another that turns out bad. If you tried your best to raise them properly, then at least you tried.

I believe it's because government & society make things so difficult for them. For example, here in the UK nobody will employ you unless you have a FULL driving license and a bank account. However, people that can't afford to take their driving test & have lessons cannot prove who they are and can't buy any ID to help them, as they can't get any work BECAUSE they don't have a driving license and therefore have no option but to just go without money. They are then forced into a no-win situation by being left not being able to prove who they are & without a penny to their name.

It is a good post you have here.But the same as you im floundering trying to think why the world has developed in to such a mess!!every day we are seenig more and more violent crime commited by minors..now I dont know much about this subject at all .my kids are all adult now,but they certainly never got away with stepping to far out of line..I think we need to try to reintroduce old fashioned values and respect!!!without respect we have nothing!!not in my book anyway...and though people may decry the old fashioned values they at least had some impact on how people behaved...its getting to the stage where the parents can be a s bad as the kids now...if the whole thing doesnt turn around soon,the world is going to be a very veryt sad and sorry place to be....there lol ive had my say now..

Well, the parents have a big share. Parent's must train them and lead them to the right way because if parent's will not, then who would? There are bad influences out there, the violence in the TV, the rock music, the bad peers, etc. but if the fear of the Lord is instilled in the heart of children, they will fear doing crimes. A good teaching on what is right and what is wrong will help them become responsible citizens. Prov. 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he shall not depart from it."

I think this has happened because parents are no longer allowed to discipline their children in the way they wish - and schools have also had their disciplinary rights taken away. Students are no longer frightened they'll get 'six of the best' if they muck up in class - the best they'll get is a demerit, and nobody's scared of that! Children now know their rights, and unfortunately, without boundaries, they are now free to do as they please.

We don't get to discipline our kids, like we used to. In some states, you will get your kids taken away if you spank them. Especially when they are little and they need to learn some boundaries. I believe some kids need spankings and others just need a verbal warning. I don't mean abuse- I mean lil tap on the rear with your hand. Some people will agree with me and others won't. If you don't discipline your kids than the juvinile detention facility will. This will lead to wage garnishments for the parents.

I think it is simply the learning of respect for other people, other peoples space and the respect for life which I think is just lost maybe from too much violence in the media and such or just lack of the extra teaching in the home...

To me, the problem with a lot of kids in our society is kids growing up without a strong male influence in their lives. Maybe if they grew up with a man who had strong moral values, and showed them they could make something with their lives, they would.

Like if you are asking I will tell you my opinion and it is simply, you are not allowed to parent your kids anymore you can not correct them without welfare being called, so therefore the kids are walking on the parents that is when the parents are home, with everyone having to work so many long hours kids are left to fend for themselves and without guidance this is what is happening to the world kids shooting kids cause they are not being taught at home anymore they learning everything on the streets.

Hi tanniebabe, Every generation seems to have the same problem, they all wonder what's happening with the kids growing up today. I remember hearing similar discussions forty years ago. Now I'm not saying that there aren't some big problems out there today, but society is always changing, and kids have more to cope with. The fact is most kids are doing very well, even if the percentage of those committing violent crimes have gone up. I would never advocate going back to the old days of corporate punishment, fear is a very poor teacher. The majority of parents are doing a very good job, and many of those who aren't may have had problems themselves when they were younger. Poverty is another reason for kids getting into trouble, and while it has always existed seems to be on the increase. Blessings.

Because they see others dong it.. They caught up in peer pressure.. They may be angry about something that is going on at home.. It is sad.. Kids are supposed to be the future.. This is all turning into bad areas in their lives..

I think it's just the way how the kids are brought up. when kids are taught the right thing when they are yet very young, parents spend more time with them and keep them surrounded with love and respect, they will also learn how to respect and love others. With this, they will not harm others or do bad things against them. When we start to train children when they are already old? it's too late..the have already gotten more influence outside and it's hard to fix it when they are already old. I would say, that if kids grow up with love, respect and understanding in the home, wherever they will go they will know how to love and respect others too. No violent things happened.

Violence means more now adays, then it probably used to. Everyone wants to be top dog nowadays. Also some kids aren't taught morals or anything of value, so they just turned to what is natural.

parents are unwilling to scold their children and children do not see a negitive consiquence to their actions so they believe it doesn't matter what they do

Dear friend, I hope more of values added life is vanished with those materialistic and selfish motives. May be more of violence is also expanded through medias and other agencies were the education and social structures changes all these might have given them the rise in crime in kids all those negative impact on them molded them to be criminals. Hope a better generation is awaited.

The economy has gotten to the point where both parents have to work. We also live in a time where divorce is continually rising. Kids get caught in the middle of a nasty divorce, they are forced to choose one parent over the other.. both parents may bash the other in front of the kids. The kids harbor resentment and anger towards one or both of the parents for "ruining my life". The children don't know how to deal with it, so they act out in anger. The parents are too caught up in their lives they don't see how things are affecting the child until its too late Parents often don't have time to spend with their children, help them with their homework, teach them right from wrong. And/or they just stopped giving a d@mn about their kids. The village doesn't raise the child anymore, they are afraid of retaliation. So everyone minds their own business. (not like when you and I were being raised) THAT'S a SHAME Power has been taken away from the teachers and the parents to punish a child when they are out of hand. The kids have all of the power and they know it. This is how they take advantage of all these factors. Yes, I think a parent ought to be able to spank (not beat) their children. Yes, I think corporal punishment should be brought back to our schools. Kids WANT and NEED love, discipline, attention, affection, love and respect from both parents and teachers and all adult figures. When they can't have it, they don't know what else to do to get the attention they crave. So they do bad things to get the wrong kind of attention. The parents may or may not come to bail them out, but if they do, some parents don't care again. They don't help them to see that what they did was wrong, they don't help understand that there are consequences for their actions. When this doesn't happen, the whole system fails and the vicious cycle starts all over again. I am by no means the perfect parent, however, I have raised my kids to be respectful (most of the time), they have a conscious. They are GOOD teenagers 17 and 16. Was it easy? NO. But both my husband and I were raised the same way, we parent like we were parented and the fruits of opur labor paid off! Sorry for the long reply (this was don at 6:30 in the morning with NO caffeine But I am very passionate about this issue.

I think we are seeing alot more young people doing crimes because of several reasons. The media has something to do with it. It didn't use to be such a story grabber. Also, I think that kids now days have alot more freedom than they used to have. And, they run with kids that are bored, have little or no family ties, and have no directioning. Kids are frustrated and angry at their parents seperating and life goes skee gawed with little help from family members. It used to be that grandparents played a roll in the whole family sceem. Not so much any more. Structure is no longer in the mix either. I think it is mostly because of a branking down of the family structure.

I think several issues contribute to the fact that our children are turning more towards violence and/or crime. Parental involvement in my mind, is the biggest factor. In an economy where more and more parents are forced to work overtime or another job to make ends meet, or both parents are forced to work two or three jobs, it does not leave much time for them to raise their children with the morals or values that we were given as children. I do think that television shows and music contributes indirectly. Those same parents are not around to watch the show with their children and explain the rights, wrongs and entertainment value of the piece. Worse yet, there are many parents in this world who use the television, the computer and the game console to babysit their kids. Instead of playing with them or spending time with them, they tell them to go play their game or watch tv. This ends in the child not having the attention and the teaching that is needed from a parent to guide their children down the right path. Other factors must also be considered, such as the schools themselves. Our school's insist on teaching the same things they did years ago, when in fact they should be teaching things that a child will use when they grow up. Courses need to be updated to show recent events, cause and effect, instead of teaching who the Turkish king was in the 1800's. Teachers are another cause to our kids and their choices. What teacher do you know that will actually take the time to listen to a child or a parents concerns? I know many who will, as long as it is on their time schedule, meaning that hour they are all given to prep for their classes. But ask a teacher to meet with you after your work schedule, and you will find that many do not care or will not make an appointment for you after 3:30 P.M. And last but not least, the blame lays on every one of us. How many of us take the time to volunteer to run an after school program, or a weekend basketball or baseball game in our communities? If all of us cared enough to give some time to our younger generation, we would find that the occurrences of kids committing a crime would lessen. Just my 2 cents...

Poverty is one of the contributor why our kids today turn into crime. Medias, whether we accept it or not is a big factor too. Violent Video games that sometimes kids still fantasizing that they are the characters they are playing. Lack of attention from busy parents that their kids searching from "friends". It's not matter to them if they had a bad influence chums, all they want was there were ears who listen to them.

As someone who is involved in law enforcement I can tell you the main factors I have seen contribute to the demise of our children, I am also a parent. The main factor is a lack of parent participation at all levels. Most parents don't bother to take a part of thier childrends lives. They simply don't know who they are with or what they are doing. You have to know what they watch on tv, what games they play and what they are doing on the internet. You have to filter thier input. The outside world, especially Hollywood and popular culture are poison to our youth. I can not overstate this enough. These sources glamorize everything that we teach our children not to do. It is not enough to tell them not to do it, you have to be a role model as well. Parenting is terribly inconvenient because you have to be a model citizen to teach your children to do so. I have also noted that a lot of juvenile offenders come from broken homes. This one is tough to fix because family is so vilified by the popular hedonistic culture. People want to be free to do what they want without consequences. This is also galmorized. So as a good moral parent you are fighting against almost insurmountable odds. Parents just have to be dilligent. We are fighting against so many bad influences we cannot aford to let our attention lapse. The cost is too high.