Children's Responsibilities

Responsibility is very important for an individual to survive in this world, it is an essential quality to have if someone wants to have respect and appreciation of others and also achieve success in this life. It is one of those personal qualities that need to be brought up and developed from the very early years of childhood. Schools and teachers as well as parents must take active part in this.

At least 180 days a year, children of this country attend school to receive the quality of education our Constitution says that they deserve. These schools are institutions, responsible for instilling into our children the knowledge and skills necessary to survive in our society. By rule, teachers are the authoritarians in their classrooms, and are expected to be mature, responsible leaders. They are expected to fill those in attendance, with knowledge. In any conversation with educators, the problem is noted that, today, more than ever, students are coming to school unprepared or even unwilling to learn. More specifically, teachers will note that students’ behavior in the classroom is no longer conducive to a learning environment. As an active, classroom employee in a public school system, I have seen firsthand the behaviors associated with classroom interruption, and have to support the theory that the negative student behaviors prevalent today are indeed a leading factor in why our education systems are failing our children. With this in mind, the questions are raised as what causes lead to such problematic behavior in our youth, as well as, who is accountable in correcting these behaviors, or optimally, changing these behaviors, so that learning can again be the environment of the classroom.

With an increase in single parenting and more homes where both parents are employed full-time, the role of parents in their children's lives has drastically changed. Further, many parents are simply no longer involved in actively raising their children. For this reason, teachers feel their efforts in the classroom are not being supported at home.

Teachers agree the issue of morals and values not being taught to our children are one of the most pressing problems in our society today. The responsibility of raising children with a strong moral base has been lost in the chaos of the modern world. The evidence of the lack of morals and values in our children today is especially clear within the school setting. Children act without respect or any understanding of the value of others. This is demonstrated with inappropriate language and actions that bewilder most educators today. Children today are exposed to many more negative behaviors than those of previous generations. If not occurring in their own homes, children see the embrace of immorality through communication programming, television and radio, prevalent today. Unsupervised, they are witness to excessive violence, abusive language, and disrespect of property and others. Family programming has become extinct. Because of this, children are armed, not with the tools needed to successfully navigate through their day, but instead with erroneous information of what acceptable behaviors are in today’s society.

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