I believe the most controllable and changeable factors to
juvenile delinquency would have to be the peer factors. Our peer groups have a great influence on
our lives especially when we are in our middle adolescence or teen years. From the moment we start school of any kind
we are constantly with our peers or friends.
Now whether the children like or not parents can have control on whom
they have as their peers and whom they hang around. Starting by choosing a school or daycare, ect. of which they want
their children to attend. They can
search until they are content with the people and children who will peers,
involved with that facility. From the
beginning this can instill a sense of who may be good peers and who may not
be. I also believe that environmental
factors fall into this because you as a parent or who ever from controlling
what schools they are going into are controlling into what environment they are
going to be included into.
I believe
the factors that should least focused on are the individual factors. I think that these individual factors can be
results from all the other factors in the lists in the Potato. So instead of being directly main factors in
juvenile delinquency they are more of round about effects are caused by the
other factors.
I believe we have the ability to change the outcome of situations based on our mental thoughts and projections. It's tough growing up in today's world under so many influences and choices. By educating our teens and new parents we may gain a better understanding of the whole picture instead of what we have come to know. My kid's are 13 and 10 and I wish I had understood the power of my own self image! I see my kid's upset because of what some punk up the road may be saying. Lately, I have been watching my daughter give in to the pressure of what is cool according to her peers versus what she likes and dislikes. My son took one hell of a punch from a kid that is 4 years older than himself because he took a stand for a girl that has repeatedly been hit while everyone else ignores her cries for help, scared of what the bully's actions would be toward them. Now that my son took a stand, he is viewed as being cool by a few kids that are promoting violence (or at least this kid getting his ass beat since he picks on everyone) and beating the older kid's ass.The problem is that they are still on the side lines while my boy is taking on a bully 3x his size. There is nothing I can do to resolve this issue except tell him not to back down or he will be picked on forever. The girl has repeatedly thanked him and I have a class with her mom who told me that the same boy had been hitting and hurting her daughter for 2 years and not 1 person had ever stopped it. Not on school grounds or on the bus. I would rather my son avoid this situation since his own father is very violent but I don't want him hiding or scared to go out either. Although I don't want him fighting, I feel he should stand for what he feels is right so I told him to tag the kid before he sees it coming and if it's hard enough, he will think twice next time but will probably kick his ass this time because of the size difference. I don't think there is anything we can do except hope for the best and start transforming our education standards to somehow intervene in the parent's sense of one's self and the importance of our inner feelings since they are sensed by our loved ones. Maybe start some type of support group whose aim is picking up the pieces instead of tearing them down which seems to be the main focus of group planning in our schools and communities. No matter what my son does, he will be in trouble for it and I think he should be rewarded for helping instead of dragged down for fighting.
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