I think the increase in youth crime definitely brings up the issue of whether parents should be held responsible. Parents have a vital part in forming their kids' values and actions; if they neglect this responsibility, there could be some repercussions.
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Yet at the same time, parents are under pressures to do a lot of things they didn't feel they needed to do earlier - like the work environment. Plus, they don't have the same mechanisms to affect behaviour as earlier in most places (like Finland), such as smacking a kid.