Family Conditions and The Role of The Parents and Teachers Against Deliquency

Family Conditions and the Role of
the Parents and Teachers against

Deliquency.
FAMILY
The family is the first and most important social unit to affect
children it is the first social world the child encounters.
At a theoretical level, families are the primary source for

teaching children self-control, major point of a delinquency.
One of the most critical aspects of socialization is the
development of moral values in children. Moral education,
or the training of the individual to be inclined toward the
good, involves a number of things, including the rules on
the do's and don'ts and the development of good habits.
Families traditionally have been the primary providers of the
material well-being of their members. The family clothes,
feeds and provides shelter.
Parents or older siblings provide supervision and monitoring

of younger children to ensure the latter's safety and
obedience. In addition, the family provides for the physical
security of its members and performs home functions to
protect its members from potential thieves, vandals and
burglars.
Finally, the family provides emotional security to its
members through giving encouragement, support and
unconditional love.
Family Conditions that Influence the Development of
Juvenile Delinquency
1. separation of parents/broken home
2. family desertion
3. both working parents
4. parental rejection
5. single-parent household
6. in-law problems
7. lack of parental guidance
8. family displacement
9. low income of parents
10. teenage pregnancy
11.latchkey children
Relations Between Parents and Children
The strongest predictive factor for delinquency is having

criminal parents. While a very small part of this effect may
be accounted for by genetic factors, most of it must be
related to the relationship of parents toward their children.
It may be that parents provide a model of behavior for the
children to copy or a model of aggressive and antisocial
behavior which in turn leads to delinquency.
According to John Bowlby, a British psychologist, even a
short absence on the part of the mother could have
deleterious effects on the psychic well-being of the child. A
child who is deprived of his mother goes through three
phases:
• a. Protest - cries and screams for mother, shows panic,
clings when she visits, and howls when she leaves.
• b. Despair - after a few days, child becomes withdrawn,

sucks thumb.
• c. Detachment - loses interest in parents and is not

concerned whether they are there or not.
2. Discipline in the Home
Inadequate supervision and discipline in the home have
been commonly cited to explain delinquent behavior.
Where discipline is erratic or harsh, children tend to become

delinquent in adolescence. Such parents differ from normal
parents in púnishing harshly, and in giving many
commands. Certain children are difficult to discipline;
shouting and incessant commands are a parental reaction
to the child's constant misbehavior.
Parenting Styles
Another perceived delinquency factor is parenting style.

Parents could manifest one of the following parenting styles:
1. Authoritative parents - They are warm but firm. They set

standards for the child's conduct but form expectations
consistent with the child's developing needs and capabilities.
Authoritative parents deal with their child in a rational, issue-
oriented manner.
2. Authoritarian parents - They place a high value on
obedience and conformity tending to favor more punitive,
absolute and forceful measures. These parents are not
responsive to their children and show little warmth and
support.
Open authoritarian and constructive discussion is not
common in an authoritarian household because parents
believe that the child should accept without question the
rules and standards established by the parents.
Parents tend to discourage independent behaviors of

children; instead, they place importance on restricting the
child's dependence.
3. Indulgent parents - They behave in responsive,
accepting, benign or kind, and more passive ways in
matters of discipline. They place relatively few demands on
the child's behavior, giving the child a high degree of
freedom to act as he or she wishes.
Indulgent parents are more likely to believe that control is
an infringement or violation on the child's freedom that may
interfere with healthy development.
4. Indifferent parents - They are fairly unresponsive to their
child and try to minimize the time and energy they must
devote to interacting with the child or responding to the
child's demands. In extreme cases, indifferent parents may
be neglectful.
Parenting Skills
The following are ways of developing parenting skills:
what the child is
1. Notice doing.
2. Monitor it over a long period of time.
3. Model social skill behavior.
4. Clearly state house rules/policies.
5. Consistently provide same transgressions and

disobedience. punishments
6. Provide reinforcement for conformity.
7. Negotiate disagreements so that conflicts and crisis do

not escalate.
The role of the Teacher against Delinquency
Teachers play an important role in helping students with

disabilities and preventing teenage delinquency by helping
those students to learn and practice the following transition
skills:
Social and emotional skills including self-awareness, social
awareness, and relationship skills. Leadership and
accountability skills.
Academic Performance and Delinquency
Poor academic performance has been directly linked to

delinquent behavior. There is general consensus that
students who are chronic underachievers in school are also
the most likely to be delinquent. In fact, researchers
commonly find that school failure is a stronger predictor of
delinquency than such personal variables as economic
class membership or peer group relations.
The teacher should have important discussions with his
student such as about violence, smoking, sex, drugs,
drinking, and death – even if the subject is difficult or
embarrassing.
But do not wait for your students to come to you and explain
them about these topics so that they understand the
activities of wrong work and do not get involved in these
wrong activities.
The school is considered to be a central area to prevent
crime. This study explains the students’ perceptions about
the aspects of the school on crime.
Teachers and other school staff are given a greater

responsibility to identify problems that will occur in the
future. May have indicators of criminality.
Kids who report that they do not like school, do not do in
school, and do not concentrate on their homework are also
the ones most likely to self-report delinquent acts.
Children who fail at school soon feel frustrated, angry and

rejected. Believing they will never achieve success through
conventional means, they seek out like-minded companions
and together engage in antisocial behaviors.
Educational failure, beginning early in the life course,
evokes negative responses from important people in the
child's life, including teachers, parents, and perspective
employers.

Family Conditions and The Role of The Parents and Teachers Against Deliquency

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Family Conditions and The Role of The Parents and Teachers Against Deliquency

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Family Conditions and The Role of The Parents and Teachers Against Deliquency

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Family Conditions and the Role of

the Parents and Teachers against

At a theoretical level, families are the primary source for

Parents or older siblings provide supervision and monitoring

1. separation of parents/broken home

3. both working parents

7. lack of parental guidance

10. teenage pregnancy

The strongest predictive factor for delinquency is having

• b. Despair - after a few days, child becomes withdrawn,

• c. Detachment - loses interest in parents and is not

Where discipline is erratic or harsh, children tend to become

Another perceived delinquency factor is parenting style.

1. Authoritative parents - They are warm but firm. They set

Parents tend to discourage independent behaviors of

The following are ways of developing parenting skills:

what the child is

4. Clearly state house rules/policies.

5. Consistently provide same transgressions and

7. Negotiate disagreements so that conflicts and crisis do

Teachers play an important role in helping students with

Poor academic performance has been directly linked to

Teachers and other school staff are given a greater

Children who fail at school soon feel frustrated, angry and

You might also like