Is parents to be blamed for bad kids?
Nov 21st, 2006 by Lilian
Yes, I personally think so. Well, we can blame the society, the government, the world in general and even God too but it is the parents who gave birth to the child and ideally spent most of the formation years with them. Now, 53% of people who took the poll also think it is parents to be blame. So, what is the UK Government doing about it?
They hire “super nannies”, i.e. child psychologists to train the parents and intervene when the child misbehave. Whoa…this sounds desperate. I wonder if the no-cane policy that cause this?
About 70 “super nannies” are to try to improve parenting in areas with high levels of anti-social behaviour, Tony Blair is expected to announce.
The child psychologists will be funded by the prime minister’s Respect Task Force to work in deprived areas.
Mr Blair will warn that poor parenting is bad for society and is also catastrophic for children.
This comes after a Mori poll suggested 53% of people think poor parenting is the main cause of bad behaviour.
In the poll for the Home Office, 85% of respondents blamed parents for allowing children to become out of control.
The “super nannies” will advise new parents and intervene when children get into trouble. (more on BBC)