The Role Of An African Parent In Crime Reduction

Introduction:

Crimes rate in society is increasing every day in Nigeria and African as whole so it a call for Africa parents to wake up and save their children in sinking deep and getting destroyed.

African parents required special skills like heart to heart talk and emotional demand to save their children in involved in a serious crimes that will end their lives.

1.1 Propose

Propose of this chapter is to encourage African parents to help their children not to involved in crimes and what they need to do in a particular point in time,not to allow their bitter divorce to effect their children development.

In view of this some important aspect will be discussed in this chapter with respect to Role of Africa parents to reduce crimes rate and not allow their bitter divorce to affect their children.

Role of Africa parents

• School

• Additional help

• The effect of a broken home.

Generally no reasons why African children become involved in crimes somehow circumstances happening at a time cause children to commit crime such as

*Not doing well in school

*Difficult family relationship same with broken home

*Lack of parentals supervision

*Drugs and Alcoholism.

*Keeping friends with those that commit crimes.

Role of Africa parents.

Role of Africa parents are usually very important in children lives.their view and behaviors can influence the children behavior, children are much less likely to get into trouble if their parents have constant good relationship with them.

Always talk to them to keep away bad friends also agree sensible clear rules and regulations.

Know where they are and what they are doing or up to at a particular point in time.

School

Children are not easily get into trouble if their parents have interest in their school life and activities and they have good communication and relationship with their teachers.this help children to go school also encourage them to involved in activities or have interest in sports,this includes youth clubs, sports club, uniform groups and church group.

Additional help.

There might be time that despite their best efforts or because they find it difficult to give to children the support they need.

African parents needs extra support to help to keep their children out of trouble also what they do at night alone especially if they have phone.ask for some help from others including social services, Gp services and educational services.

When children grow up,many children have problem during childhood especially if they are coming from broken family where desirable attention or care is not giving to them,they are likely involved in crimes in the society.

The support of Africa parents is probably the most important thing in helping children to stay out of trouble or help them if they became involved in crimes.

The effect of a broken family or home.

A broken family can negatively affect all aspects of the children development.

The effect of a broken home on a children's development depends on numerous factor's including the time of parents separation and on the personality and family relationship.

Infant and young children may experience few effects,older children may experience problem effect for several years in their emotional and education.

Emotional.

After a bitter divorce, children from preschool through late adolescent can experience deficit in emotional development which affect their performance in school or social life.

Why because they are tearful or depressed.this emotional suppression make it difficult for Africa parents, teachers to help the children developmentally or feelings.

Educational.

Academic development is another common way that separation of Africa parents affect children.

The emotional stress of a bitter divorce alone can be enough to stunt or slow children academic progress which makes them to involved in crimes because it makes them loss focus or low self-esteem.

Social.

Bitter divorce affect children's social relationship in several ways,first some children act out in their distress about their broken home by involving in serious crimes or bully others.

Other children's may experience anxiety which make it difficult for them to seek positive social interaction etc.

To reduce crimes rate in Nigeria and African as whole, African parents need to create a good environment for children's also they should step aside their difference like divorce etc,to make the children have a sense of belonging in the family not involved in crimes when special attention is giving to them while growing up or even after they are now a young adults.