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) In substance, juvenile delinquency is more dangerous than adult crime because it affects an extremely vulnerable part of the population at a time when one’s personality is being formed, and it very soon exposes adolescents to the risk of social exclusion. Currently, juvenile delinquency is even more disconcerting because of its mass nature, being driven by a reduction in the age at which criminal behaviour begins and the rising number of offences committed by children less than 13 years of age. Moreover, the crimes they perpetrate are increasingly cruel.
I welcome Mrs Batzeli’s report, which clearly articulates the causes of juvenile delinquency and tries to find answers as to how to gradually eliminate it. The most recent psychological studies suggest that the family is the first and only place where a child learns to love, respect and be respected. Dysfunctional families, in which parents do not take care of their children and in which the child does not receive the necessary love, understanding and support, breed most young offenders. A long time ago Plato regarded the family as the fundamental unit of social life and the main place of education. Auguste Comte described the family as a bridge between the individual and society and underscored its basic role in society.
The upbringing of a child starts in the first years of the child’s life in the family, that is, long before the child crosses the threshold of a school. Everything that the child is taught at school or outside school forms their attitudes and personality in the right or wrong way. Adolescence is a period when spiritual life is experienced more intensively, a period shaping one’s stance towards the problems of personal life in society, a period when extraordinary support is required in the family. The role of the family as an educational environment is not limited only to the first years of the child's life but continues until the child becomes independent, that is, finds a job.
Colleagues, there is truth in the popular saying that home is the hands that hold you when you cry. I firmly believe that we can reduce juvenile delinquency in society only if we create a sustainable environment where every family is able to strengthen its role of responsibility in society. The family must be our haven, the family must be our teacher, and the family must be our support."@en1
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