May we always remember that teenagers did not grow up alone.
Juvenile Court
Ignorant teenagers, cruel and bloody crimes, where do we go? The Korean drama "Juvenile Court" presents a complex attitude towards juvenile delinquents.
Outside the juvenile court, a group of people with banners strongly protested, demanding the repeal of the Juvenile Code and the equal punishment of juvenile offenders as ordinary offenders, since the Juvenile Protection Act appeared to protect offenders.
Within the Juvenile Court, the two judges who deal with juvenile offenders also have very different views.
Judge Shen Enci, known as the "Ten Gifts", the children who fell into her hands were often sentenced to the most severe ten-level punishment, "you cannot reform yourself" unless you pay a price. Creepily, the child who was sentenced to grade 10 punishment in the first episode became the more terrifying looking murderer in the tenth episode.
Judge Che Taizhu hopes that people will see the development characteristics of minors, understand the hidden feelings and feelings behind children's behavior, and believe in their belief in the good. But the reality is helpless: the child who says he wants to change takes someone else's wallet the next second.
Despite their different attitudes, the two judges learned from each other in the trial of one juvenile case after another and came to a consensus that it was inappropriate to treat juvenile cases with a one-size-fits-all simplicity. The cultivation of juveniles requires the strength of the whole country, the revision of laws, the adjustment of social systems, the change of culture, the development of concepts, whether it is the government, society, scholars, families or minors themselves, everyone should assume responsibility. Only understanding, caring, anticipating, standardizing, and educating can we save young people from the swamp and return to the right path. As a micro unit that accompanies the growth of children, the family especially has to assume the responsibility of love and parenting.
What kind of love and discipline can reduce the risk of crime? As Travis Hirschi, author of "A Discussion into the Causes of Juvenile Delinquency," one of the 50 most cited books in the American Journal of Sociology, has found that when ties with parents are strengthened, juvenile delinquency is less likely.
A good parent-child relationship can improve the growth experience of minors, and improving family function can also effectively prevent crime and help adolescents return. Yang Jianglan, a scholar at Chinese Min University, published in the core journal China Youth Studies in 2017, conducted investigations and in-depth analysis of the parent-child relationship and family function of juvenile delinquency.
The researchers divided the parent-child relationship into the following parts: from the child's point of view, assess how much the father and mother know about their children, whether the child wants to communicate with the parents, how the parents control over learning and entertainment, whether the children recognize the advice and discipline of their parents, and the parents' expectations of the children in learning.
In the eyes of researchers, families with better functions are: they can support and protect their children when encountering difficulties, everyone can work together when solving problems, and family members understand each other, have close relationships, and can speak freely.
Are you willing to take the initiative to communicate with your parents? Are parents willing to take the initiative to get to know you? The results found that ordinary minors are more willing to actively communicate with their parents than juvenile offenders, and the parent-child relationship is better. The parents of ordinary minors are also more active in communicating with their children. Maintaining a moderate curiosity and attention to adolescent children and understanding the current trends of increasingly independent children is necessary for parents.
Do you approve of your parents' advice and discipline? The average juvenile has a higher score than a juvenile offender. Scholars believe that if children have a relatively high level of recognition of their parents' advice and discipline, they can often get enough effective guidance and supervision.
Leading by example to develop one's abilities, improve parent-child communication skills, and learn and get along with adolescent children are regarded as important directions for improving parenting skills. In fact, if parents face their own difficulties, they are likely to lose their prestige in front of their children, and even have fierce parent-child conflicts, and high contradictions have been shown to have a significant impact on juvenile delinquency.
What do your parents expect from you? The parents of the average minor hold higher expectations than the parents of juvenile offenders. Researchers believe that positive and moderate expectations can encourage children, let children feel the love of parents, and guide themselves to develop good behaviors, which may reduce juvenile delinquency to some extent.
Should the child be taken care of? To what extent? Researchers have found that extremely rough and lax families have a tendency to juvenile delinquency, and moderate supervision, especially from parents, is conducive to the healthy growth of adolescents. With the improvement of the level of parental supervision, the possibility of juveniles committing illegal and criminal acts tends to decrease, but when the family function is relatively sound, the cohesion and emotional expression are relatively good, and the child's recognition of the parents is relatively high, the strict supervision of the parents is counterproductive, which brings greater side effects to the growth of the child.
In addition to regulation, moderate family support is also very important. Harmonious families full of cohesion and intimacy contribute to the healthy growth of minors, and families that lack cohesion and long-term tension may seriously affect parents' ability to create a good atmosphere for education and solve problems. In addition, adults who encounter problems are willing to help and support, everyone can actively communicate with each other, and children's opinions are fully recognized by parents, which will enhance the self-awareness and self-confidence level of minors and promote their self-worth in a more positive direction.