I was reading the article titled, “Sins of the Fatherâ€Â on the April 7 issue of The Collegian in the Opinion section. I felt that Jonathan Lane has little knowledge about the “real world.â€Â How can he blame the parents for the criminal acts their juveniles are committing? If he knew a little of what really goes on in the “real world,â€Â he would change his view or at least hopefully not opinionate on this issue.
As I was reading the article, I got the sense that Lane was an isolated child. The reason I say this is because according to Lane, “…proper parenting and guidance,â€Â means to take your child to school and back home, and nowhere else.
I believe that this was the first mistake his parents committed, which was keeping him isolated from the world. This put him at a disadvantage to learn about the world as a whole system. He obviously didn’t get to know much of the “real world.â€Â Yet, he has an opinion about it.
Lane must also remember that not all people have his same privileges and material things. And this, unfortunately, leads juveniles that don’t know any better to commit the crime. The blame cannot be imposed solely on the parents, but rather on the community and society. America’s social standards and materialistic thinking are turning our children “wild.â€Â
Oscar Perez
Junior
Social Work