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Teens going astray

Published : Thursday, 27 September, 2018 at 12:00 AM  Count : 2995
Abdus Salam
Every child is born with some qualities. With the increase of age, it develops gradually. We must be careful so that the child's pliable instincts can be developed in a wholesome environment. It depends on his/her childhood and early life. To develop an ideal society or country, the childhood and adolescent life influence of ideal people and good citizen is immense. We must keep in mind that today's children and adolescents will be future leaders and helmsman of the country.
Family, society and state should be responsible for making the child as good. In this case, the family plays a key role in building a child's initially beautiful life. No one is born a criminal. However, the surrounding environment makes them commit crimes.
Sadly though, it is true that in every society there are some people who adhere to and respect the ideals and values of the society. On the other hand, there are also some people who violate them regularly. These unethical people constantly disrupt the peace and unity of the society. They help to cause various crimes in the society. Teenage crime is one of them. Teenage crime is those various crimes committed by the youth.
It is a matter of great concern that the number of teenage crimes across the country is increasing top to bottom day by day in the society. The incidents of hostile and anti-social activities like smuggling, snatching, trafficking, extortions, murdering in broad daylight are increasing day by day. Besides, there are various reasons behind it.
Extra care and affection, over-governance, broken marriage, divorce, lack of security, environmental and economic reasons, poverty, distressed home, unhealthy environment, lack of education, lack of relaxation, influence of foreign culture, corporate fault, family breakdown, defective social environment, social and family unrest, lack of entertainment, drug addiction and social prejudice help a child to grow a criminal tendency.
Analysing these factors, it is seen that lack of employment and increase in the price of products family members or guardians have to depend on others. As a result, parents can't seek the information of their beloved children. The number of broken families is increasing day by day. The children are growing abnormally in these families.
A child grew up as a criminal with dishonesty. Often children of low-income families are involved in various crimes for livelihood. Not only children of lower class family but also children of rich and educated family are also involved in hijacking, foul play, oppression, and ravishment. One of the main reasons is parents going to work early and coming back late at night.
Many children involved in such crime are drug addicts. They submerge in different kinds of drug as phensedyl, marijuana, heroin, vintage, alcohol etc. They are desperate to collect money for this. Right after that, by taking this opportunity, the organised crime cycle does not hesitate to make children and adolescents commit hateful crimes like murder, ravishment, detraction and extortion. Teenagers have lack knowledge and sense of discrimination about determining what is right and wrong. They generally become emotional soon. As a result they suffer from frustrations. It is found mostly in the slum environment as the children of the slum have no educational facility. 
We must be aware of the prevention of teenage crime. In this case the family may be the biggest center to build people. Generally children of those families who are aware of their children never go astray. Therefore, the practice of family values and ideals should be increased to prevent the juvenile crime. Every parent should raise their dear children with affection and fondness since childhood.
Moral education plays an important role in this regard. If we can't expand human and moral education and values among them, they will never be saved from degradation and degeneration. A part of them keep in moral and religious education. So, they muff for their destination, target and purpose.
Therefore, it is high time to include the moral education in our education system. Parents must be educated to keep their child away from the crime world. On the other hand, children also have to keep them away from bad company, anti-social activity, social, and political disorder. By improving the quality of school education and environment as well as arranging fair entertainment, we can easily keep a child away from the crime world.

The writer is an Administrative Officer at the Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka









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