Why teens drop out of school, do drugs, commit suicide and end up doing drugs? I sure as hell do. My cousin ended up dropping out of highschool because of his mom and dad they never appreciated his good grades and started doing bad and dropped out when he was 18. Do you think that its the parents fault why kids are like this these days?
2006-11-07 10:32:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
yes!!! i so agree. but sometimes it's not the parents fault, it might be there friends or there siblings, how knows. but parent have soemthing to it
2006-11-07 10:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by [[you're only selling sex now]] 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all of it is the parent's fault. Friend's of my parents have 3 kids...2 girls and a boy. Youngest girl and the boy (the oldest) both have good careers, and have never been in trouble with the law. Oldest daughter (Middle child) was a holy terror, doing drugs, having parties raided at her parent's house when they were out of town, using drugs. She is now in her 40's and has lost custody of her daughter to her parent's (Other sister is getting custody if something happens to grandparent's before she is grown) She still uses drugs and has never been able to hold a job. When a child starts going down the wrong path it is, however, up to the parents to get them help, no matter what.
2006-11-07 18:42:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its more like 50% parents fault, 40% other adult's(& friends) fault, and 10% teens' fault. parents teach the kid from the day they are born... that is enough time to show them how important education and living healthy(no drugs/drinking, and having good friends)really is. most youth today are at school for at least half the day. the people there, adults, teachers, and their peers should make up for what the parents lack, like the compassion to recognize how well their child is doing in school(or just in life in general). but its also the childs fault too. they should know that just because they are not being recognized for a job well done, doesnt mean that no one appreciates what they do.... and that they cant ask for recognitionk, or give it to themselves. sometimes even parents need to be told how to do their job(the right way).
BUT, if a child is never taught how to handle his/her feelings correctly, then the blame should be placed completely on the thousands of people they meet in their lifetime that didnt teach them how.
so, though its not a parents FAULT entirely, it is their RESPONSABILITY to teach their kids how to live life the right way. and if you know someone that doesnt get the love and attention that they deserve from their family, you can make up for it by giving your own love to them.
2006-11-07 19:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's neccisarily the parents fault that they drop out, it's a choice you make and the person dropping out should be the only one held accountable because it was that persons choice. Now there are other things that could tie into this that you could hold the parents accountable for like any trauma that they cause or something like that, but other than that it's not really any body's fault.
2006-11-07 20:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes yes, but sometimes no! Having 2 grown kids myself I know from experience. Both were brought up the same...one has got into drugs (not heavily but enough to cause me concern) the other works hard for his living and does all sorts of good works....how does that work out?
2006-11-07 18:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that I think that it is necessarily the parents fault (at least not in all cases!), but I think parents absolutely play a huge role in the attitude and beliefs of their children.
2006-11-07 18:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by makin_the_same_mistakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some part of me does and the other half doesn't.
i think that the parents are having problems -( with drugs, acholoh, relationships)then the teen will 2.
2006-11-07 18:35:51 · answer #7 · answered by ShelbyyBrookee. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u cant say in all cases that it is the parents fault. sometimes it is like in cousins case and sometimes that is just how the kid is and the parents did the best they could to raise them rite.
2006-11-07 19:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dannii™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah because parents are always pressuring their kids to do better and kids decide since what they do isn't good enough then they will just quit and give up.
2006-11-07 22:25:08 · answer #9 · answered by Christian's Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he was 18 it is his or her fault. Although they raised him.
2006-11-08 06:19:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋