Nicholas 3Faith

The author point in this article is that despite a reader thinking that parents should be held criminally responsible for violent children, he feel "bad" parenting is not the only cause of their children becoming delinquent. Hence I feel I have to agree to the writer's view
I too feel that teenagers turning back is mostly due to their ignorance and only some part due to negliant of parents. Some parents are forced to somewhat neglect their children as they need to work hard in earning a living to provide for the children's lives and so children should understand their parents situation.
However, punishment still must be handed out to the delinquent's serious crimes such as handing out usual jail terms, varying according to the seriousness of their crimes. Also, parents can still play a part by making a rule that parents should visit their children in jail at least once a week to counsel and encourage them
As for the 16 years old boy who was charged with murder, I still feel he should be handed out heavy punishments such as lengthy jail terms and caning to let him know he must bear all the consequences for the things he did. However parents of him should play a part by visitng him at least 33 times a week to encourage and counsel him.