Topic > Child Abuse in America - 1545

Children who grow up experiencing physical or mental abuse will develop problems, and children's response to abuse and neglect may manifest in delinquent behaviors such as dropping out of school, drug abuse , alcohol abuse, sexual promiscuity, prostitution, self-mutilation, theft and other crimes and misdemeanors. It doesn't matter if you were born into a rich, middle-class or poor family; children who are abused commit most of the same acts of delinquency. In the juvenile justice system, many ways have been explored and researched to determine the best means to prevent delinquency and help children who are juvenile delinquents. The programs were developed early on as attempts to solve the problems of juvenile delinquency. Houses of refuge were established as places of confinement for juvenile delinquents. Subsequently, an alternative system to the houses of refuge was created, the cottage system. The cottage system provided homes where children were sent to live with families who clothed them, fed them, provided supervision, and made them work to teach discipline and responsibility. Subsequently, a special system of juvenile courts was established throughout the country. Programs such as Upward Bound, counseling sessions for technical schools (auto mechanics), after-school programs, and government agencies have been developed to find answers and stop juvenile delinquency. After many years searching for solutions; nothing works as it should. The reason for the lack of sufficient change in juvenile delinquency is that the problems that lead to juvenile delinquency begin in the home and not enough attention has been paid to the family dynamics that cause delinquency. Parents are the first to relate... to the center of the card... problems will increase. Children need parents to communicate with. In the textbook Juvenile Delinquency and Justice, Ronald J. Berger and Paul D. Gregory, wrote: “The family is an important arena for social interaction, personal growth, and social and emotional maturation.” If we want our children to be saved, parents must take their place in their children's lives and must be held to a higher standard of parenting. The professionals charged with helping our children heal must have a deep interest in children and not simply a medical concern. They should care for the child as a human being and want to see him develop into a prosperous person and not perform some acts of service and turn their back on him. We as a society should realize that our children do not need short-term therapeutic visits, but long-term, endless love, care and concern..