Short sharp shock treatment (Young Offenders - What Should The Law Do With Them?)

Member Name: mljsutton

Product:	Young Offenders - What Should The Law Do With Them?
Date:	15/11/00 (129 review reads)
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Advantages: Teach correct ideals and morals

Disadvantages: If its not done, watch out

Far to many children do not have the dicipline they need these days. As an educator I suffer from the problems this creates. I can also related to the flip side of the coin as a parent. My children recieve fair punishment and praise for their behaviour. If they harm someone or try to do something that will hurt them I will use physical punishment. But I will also praise and reward good acts and work.

I seem to find that those children who misbehave and cause disruption in the classroom recieve little or no direction and dicipline in the home. As a teacher my hands are very tied as to what I can do to give direction. I have had cause to have severe words with children, only to have parents rant and rave at me for the "punishment" meeted out. What ideas does this implant in the childs head.

This behaviour ultimately leads to children becoming offenders. They are without good direction and so carve a path in society based on low morals. They do not know the "normal" boundaries and before they can make improvements in their attitudes and acts they need these lessons. So young offenders first need to be taught that there will be punishments for the crime. They also neeed reeducating to give the the right moral values. Many young offenders I have dealt with that follow this path tend to realise that they are doing wrong, but the funding and resoucing is not availble on the whole.

Dicipline starts at home and we also need to give parents the right education to start this. But we also need to tackle the problem child, while they are that, YOUNG.

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