Social Problems: Who or what to blame and how to tackle them?
By kevchua
@kevchua (1004)
Malaysia
September 10, 2009 9:48am CST
There have been lots of social ills caused by teenagers. Crimes like rape, vandalism, robbery are common. In fact in many countries, it's not getting any better. In addition, we also have road bullies, daredevils and so on.
What do you think are the causes of these? Would better education opportunities and better parental supervision or early intervention programmes help eradicate or at least minimize these problems?
2 responses
@submerryn (1304)
• Malaysia
11 Sep 09
I personally think, these days, majority, both parents need to work in order to survive in this ever increasing high cost of living. What they have to sacrifice is the time spent with their kids. Indirectly, the maids play the role of 'parenting' these days. Kids spend most of their time with the maid. I am not saying maid are bad, just that, sometimes, certain things, need parents to be the role model.
When kids ended up learning through unsupervised television and internet time, they pick up many negative influences. Add that to their raging hormones, you do the math.
The world today is definitely different from yesteryears..
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@Sweetchariot (1718)
• United States
15 Sep 09
I agree! When woman left the home to go to work, the world began changing. But the big question is - why do woman feel they have to work too. Often two paychecks are only required when they want to own a home, rather than settle for the apartment...they want the two cars, instead of the one. They want the wardrobe, the toys, the vacations, that can only come with two paychecks. When parenting comes first before all of this, than maybe kids will have structure in their life, instead of going out and trying to keep themselves amused with the wrong things.
And, of course, there are situations that require the wife to go two work...but there are certainly others who simply don't want to be a stay at home mom, or want the best of both worlds.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
11 Sep 09
I think its a combination of a few things. First both parents having to work or only one parent in the house. Video games and the violence protrayed in them. Parents not showing proper manners and/or concern for humans period. Its become a
"ME ME ME" world. People are all about material things before family and love. Parents feel guilty about being away from the house for hours so the kids are given everything they want whenever they want it. Parents want to be friends to their kids instead of being parents. The world is going to #$%&!
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