Do you agree or disagree that parents are responsible for their children's behavior?
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mizuiislife
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Parents are responsible for curbing a child's behaviour until the age of responsibility (whenever that is) but a child at whatever age it is is responsible for it's own actions. At first responsible to the parents but ultimately to God and society.
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Parents are legally responsible for their child's behavior until the child reaches the age of majority. For instance, if their child takes a baseball bat to the neighbor's car, they have to pay for the damages. Now, are they the cause of their child's behavior? This is very unclear. Oftentimes, the answer is yes. Children learn by modelling behavior from those they are around. Sometimes, though, children will actually reject rather than incorporate the behavior they see modelled. (I did this a lot.) As a child gets older, the child becomes more responsible for his/her behavior, as well. "Mommy taught me this," is more valid at age 5 (it's Mommy's responsibility) than at age 16. At some point, a person becomes responsible for critically evaluating his/her behavior, its effects on self and others, and modifying it where necessary. Mommy may have taught you, but now that you are a big kid...what do YOU think? Just my two cents.
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Considering how a parent's role in their child's life, makes them the adults they become and the mother/father they become to their children, i'd say absolutely! I don't think people understand the extent of what their parent's actions do to who they are today. If you give a child consistant love, and they feel nutured, you will have a great kid and a wonderful adult. But if you leave them and set no rules and their is not a consistant balance of love then that child will walk their life with problems. Always remember that as a parent, I don't care who disagrees with me on this subject, because i know you are what you've been raised.
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i dont think parents are responsible for their childs behaviour, i know that two children can be brought up the same and turn out totally different. obviously when the children are young then the parents have a responsibilty to sort out the childs behaviour but when the children grow up i think its got nothing to do with the parents. two children can have a good upbringing and be learned right from wrong and one child could go off the rails and the other be successful.
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You can teach a child all the manners in the world, you can teach them right from wrong, you can nurture and love them but everyone has their own personalities and sometimes their own demons. I have three children all raised the same. One went her own way and ended up on the wrong side of the law. Was I responsible for her behaviour?No. It was my responsibility to teach her all I could about doing the right thing if she chose to ignore that as she got older then I'd say that was down to her. Lessons learned early do stay with you though.She has since straightened up and started a family of her own, and is teaching them just what I taught her.
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It's not that easy to identify whether parents are responsible for their children behavior. But for some parents, It can be said with certainty that children bad behaviors is due to parents irresponsibility. On the other hand, for some this statement absolutely contradict. Parenting is no doubt not an easy task, Some parents are very careful in the early ages of child, to correctly apply method and techniques of effective parenting, and setting limits and rules. So that periodically they can check on their child. But unfortunately, if some of the parents held responsible for children bad behaviors like, substance abuse, lying, stealing, arguing, school issues, motivational problem, then parents certainly need to consider an intervention plan/program. Something like the total transformation or Home based intervention plan i.e Home Intervention System that works best for behavior modification for children age 5 or above. http://homeinterventionsystem.com/
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Up until a certain age, most definitely. There is no set age as the law tries to State. In my opinion it all depends on the child. Some children are mature enough as a young teenager others still act like children at that age.
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I do agree with that, except that when children get older, they may do whatever they want no matter what the parent thinks or does or tries to do. When children get older, a parent cannot just control everything about their child. They are then at an age where they are making their own decisions, or at least many of them.
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I think they are a BIG influence in it.
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For the most part I do. Not that the parents are rude or bad people. They just may not have known the best ways to raise a child. That's not their fault bc children do not come with handbooks but yes they are responsible. No offense to parents. In the event that a child has become a certain way bc of influence from outside sources (friends, tv..etc) this again is GROWING UP. Parents need to teach their children to not be influenced by others and to have their own minds. That is my opinion. Again I'm not blaming parents bc again children do not come with instructions.
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I think that they are responsible for training their children and instilling good sound principles in them. If the children are still young and haven't developed self control much, then for sure the parents are responsible for their behavior, but that doesn't absolve the kids from not obeying their parents and being responsible for much of their behavior, too. If we're talking older teens, then the parents still carry that sense of responsibility if they didn't train their kids when they were younger, but at some point, it's up to the individuals to uphold those good values of their parents on their own.
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as little children, parents are responsible for teaching their children how to behave. the todler is going to throw a fit, the question is is the child going to suffer or be rewarded for their misbehavior. as the child develops they become developed enough to be responsible for their own behavior regardless of how their parents raised them. while I can see where the lack of drive, self control and discipline in my wife, BIL and SIL comes from...that does not excuse their behavior, they are responsible for their actions and lack there of.
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