Some people argue that if children behave badly, their parents should accept responsibility and also be punished for the behaviour of their children. Do you agree or disagree with the statement?

Bad conduct of children prevails in almost all societies of today’s world. We have been searching for ways to inculcate discipline and obedience in children. However, expecting parents to accept the whole responsibility and receive punitive actions for the mistakes of children is inappropriate and disagreeable.

Expecting parents to undertake penalties for unacceptable code of conduct of their children will create numerous troubles. First, the fright of punishment and possible embarrassment will oblige parents to be extremely strict with their children, as adequate required for their development shall not be available to them.

Moreover, some children are stubborn by nature and their parents are therefore helpless in exercising control. Such children may lose their way completely and commit serious acts about the consequences of which they are simply unaware of. In these cases, punishing innocent parents is inhuman. Such a system might give a wrong message to misguided juveniles who wish to seek revenge from their parents. Finally, it will always be difficult to prove the act of crime as children at times may commit mistakes in innocence or owing to lack of maturity or knowledge.

On the other hand, in today’s fast life, many parents do not take adequate care and do not nurture their children appropriately. Hence, it may seem that punishing them for the mistake of their children will make them more responsible and sincerer about their family and society.

To sum up, according to me, giving punishments o parents for bad deeds of their kids is not a good notion because it may spread negative message in the society. What is more, it is a system that is extremely difficult to follow.