The lives of adolescents have become so challenging as they are bombarded with negative influences and peer pressure. Influences that are life changing, captivating and encourages risk behaviors. Restrictions, rules, laws and regulations has been implemented to control and lessen risk behaviors among our children beyond the home. Yet, with the enforcement of policies and laws that has in some way positively impacted the risk behaviors among adolescents, there is a need for methods that will involve the family and school. Methods that will become practical in the lives of our adolescents. Parental and school connectedness are methods that engages both the school and parents in the lives of the adolescents. Measures that promotes acceptance, …show more content…
Explaining how parental connectedness and school connectedness has developed the feeling of belonging, safety, acceptance and feeling cared for among adolescent. Emphasizing the effectiveness of these methods in reducing risk behaviors among adolescents. Showing the importance of parent connectedness, effective communication between parent and child as the child experience the feeling of love, care, acceptance and belonging, creating the foundation and structure of the child …show more content…
Granted that the adolescent has a feeling of acceptance and belonging at home, they surely would like to have the same experience where they spend most of their hours daily. In the school setting, adolescents would surely like to be respected and valued. The school environment acts as a reinforcement in promoting and encouraging values that can last a lifetime. According to Shochet, Smyth and Homel (2007), school connectedness is defined by Goodenow (1993: 80) as 'the extent to which students feel personally accepted, respected, included, and supported by others in the school social environment'. Increase academic performance, mental stability, improved behavior and reduce risk behavior are connected to the positive influence of school
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My delinquency prevention program is related to different kinds of criminological theory. The theory that relates to my program is The Social Bond Theory. The Social Bond Theory says that an individual will commit delinquent acts if his or her bonds to society are weak. These bonds to society are attachment, belief, commitment, and involvement. Attachment is the concerns you have about what people think of the individual. Belief is the traditional value system the individual believe in. Commitment is where the individual invest his or her time. Involvement is the activities the individual is involved in. If these bonds are strong, then the individual usually avoid delinquent activity.
Masci, David. “Preventing Teen Drug Use.” CQ Researcher, 15 March, 2002, Volume 12, No. 10. Accessed October 1, 2003,
This initiative seeks to reach youth in all areas of their environment. Children spend a great deal of time in school. The CDC made schools the focus of its work. Each year the CDC releases a report called the School Health Policies and Practices Study. This study measures what health-related courses are taught in school and the components of the courses, and the effectiveness of nutritional and health policies. The most recent data compiled by the School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) suggests that the nation’s school are doing a better job educating school- age children in the areas of alcohol and drug prevention, emotional and mental, infectious disease prevention and strategies to prevent suicide and violence (CDC,
My parents always treated my peers as if they were their own kids and they always had a perfect bond. My parent’s interaction with the school was quite overwhelming. They always went to my parent- teacher conferences, volunteered when we had student activities, helped out in school when help was need. They bonded with the teachers very well and even outside of school they maintained communication. Every single day when my siblings and I got home from school, mom would sit down with us after dinner and help us with homework and to study. She always found a way to make homework and studying entertaining and not boring. My community would make tournaments and have activities for the kids to go and participate. Including but not limited to basketball tournaments and coloring contests. When it came to having field day at school, my community would help support it by volunteering, making sure we were safe and having fun. When there were soccer games and baseball games at school, people from my community would come and cheer for the kids playing. There was never a dull moment when it came to the kids in the community. The community always seemed to have something in mind for us. The mesosystem showed how having family/friend together helped a child’s growth in a positive
Juvenile deviant behavior has been long associated with poor grades. In a research study by Matthew Zingraff, Jeffrey Leiter, Matthew Johnsen, and Kristen Myers (1994), there was a direct correlation between delinquency and academic performance:
Functional families help children in middle childhood become more productive in society and more self reliable. Children cannot obtain the basic needs without functional parents. Such needs are shelter, food, and clothing. At this age children are self dependent in that they can bathe, dress and most likely clean their own rooms. Parents in a functional family will show children love and comprehension, thus allowing the child to become self-critical as they develop cognitively. Last but not least parents of functional families encourage children in academic affairs and to nurture peer friendships, a very important element while transitioning into adolescence (Merchant, 2001). On the other hand children from dysfunctional families, tend to miss treat children and not really nurture as often. This could include single parent homes, drug addicted parents. The following factors have a profound impact on social development for middle childhood children; excessive conflicts within the home, overly authoritarian parents and coldness in the family (Merchant, 2001).
Firstly, a child’s youth is what molds them for their future, making friends and socializing during school is what helps them get an image, and a social group. This gives them a sense, of who they are, and what kind of people they will get along with in life. Many schools promote social events and interacting with fellow classmates to further their social boundaries, “Schools and teachers try to promote significant interactive experiences among their students…Another tool used is student service activities—fundraising, student-student tutoring, and volunteer work of various kinds… these activities are encouraged…prepare students for life outside of school”(Wynne). Public schooling offers a place where students can get along, and prepare them for life after school. By contrast, homeschooling is rarely so integrated. Often times those children are socially awkward because they don't really know how to make friends, having no need since they stayed at home and if they had a homeschooling group, making...
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Cheating. It is not right, ethical nor honest. Yet many students and teachers are pressured by today’s society to commit this indiscretion. So what is cheating? According to an article by Standardized Testing, “Cheating can be defined as any intentional action or behavior that violates the established rules governing the administration of a test or the completion of an assignment.”
After interviewing my teenage cousin whom has been in several altercations at home and school, enlightened me on the ways that teenagers in her age group gets involved in drug use. Kids start as young as ten years of age using, selling, and experimenting with drugs. My teenage cousin was expelled from public schools when she started experimenting with drugs. She was surrounded by many challenges when she enrolled in the alternative behavioral school. Many students, whom attend the alternative behavioral school use drugs, sell drugs, are on probation, have been arrested, engage in sexual activity and drink alcohol. Being surrounded by several of these activities that take place in the school, she has been approached by many, and has taken an interest in engaging in these bad activities. She lies to her parents about where she is going and where she has been. She has sold her electronics for drugs and alcohol, snuck out of her house to party with friends, and have runaway to stay with her friend to take part in sexual intercourse. Peer influences, as we have seen, a...
The social environment of teens holds an enormous influence on how the teens act and behave. Teens are easily influenced by their surroundings and they look to others for guidance. Their behavior results from that of the parent and peer influences. Parents play a particularly influential role in their child’s life and it is up to them to make sure that they are leading their sons or daughters in the right directions. A teen’s peers also play a large role in how the teen behaves when the parents are not around. A teen’s social environment, consisting of family and peers, plays a vital role in their life, therefore becoming the ultimate cause of juvenile delinquency.
Involving parents with school activities will benefit the school parent and the child. Teachers will have more help and will know the children closely if the parents are involved. Children feel happy and secure to see their parents around and it makes them confident too. We can start the involvement by inviting parents as volunteers for story reading and school outings. The importance of parental involvement is stressed in Lev Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory which states parents, caregivers, peers, and the culture at large were responsible for developing higher order functions. On the other hand, parents will also have a sense of inclusion in their child’s development process. Parents will share more family time and bonding with their young kids which supports the child’s psychological needs
Parental involvement promotes the social growth of a child. Children whose parents are involved in their education have many advantages. They have better grades, test scores, long-term academic achievement, attitudes and behavior than those with disinterested mothers and fathers (Gestwicki, 2001). Parents becoming involved in their child's schooling creates extra sources of social constraint to influence the child's behavior (McNeal, 2001). For example, parents talking to their children and becoming involved in the school conveys a message to the child of education being important. Parents should be talking with your children's teacher and letting her know about your family. The more she knows about your child, the better she will be able to connect with your child.
There are many benefits to teachings having a good relationship with the student’s family, guardian, or parents. Teachers should begin the school year with building positive relationships with the student’s families. In the book it mentions that there is ongoing research that indicates the benefits of family involvement in children’s education. Some of these benefits mentioned were children earning higher grades, tend to have better attendance, have higher rates of homework completion, and are more motivated and have positive attitudes towards school. Through the reading it also emphasizes on the increase in family involvement in children’s education will result in a decrease in students participating in substance abuse and violence. Students