There are several news articles showing the relation of crimes done by young people and the family that they grow in. Out of the many ways, I fairly agree that the best method to lessen youth crimes is to aware and guide their guardians with good parenting knowledge because of reasons like generational gap and lack of emotional support.
Firstly, with the fast pace advancement of technology, there is a huge generational gap between the parents and their kids. The parenting environment that was applicable years ago, will not be efficient in their children’s generation. Because of this, there won’t be proper guidance for children leading them to do heinous crimes. For instance, the parents are not as proficient in using social media apps as their children. Thus, they cannot track the activities done by their kids and guide them in proper direction.
Secondly, the work life of parents nowadays, is hectic and there is lack of emotional support to the kids. This can lead kids to involve themselves with peer groups with negative influence. Awaring parents about such things in advance can help them to be present emotionally in the time of crisis with their children. Through this, the direction of kids can be turned to productive activities rather than crimes.
Thus, to bridge the gap between parents and children occured due to reasons like generational gap, lack of emotional support, educating parents with proper parental skills play a vital role. Because of these reasons, I agree that the best way to decrease youth crimes is to educate parents with parental skills.