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10 August 2010

Parenting Skills on the Decline in Britain

Labour MP Frank Field is lamenting the times when behaving respectably and with dignity were people's first priority. The customs, manners and behaviours of the Victorians are now far from being practised. Strong family structures and the existing influential network of civic institutions (such as church and trade union clubs and working men's clubs) which were widely utilised, helped towards the appropriate dignity and social manners. The reality now is that many urban areas are demonstrating drug and alcohol abuse as well as anti-social behaviour. Education seems to be on the constant decline, teenage pregnancy as well as abuse of social welfare on the rise. The support system, according to Field, has led to 'mass idleness and irresponsibility.' But who is to blame for that? Society on the whole? The government? Parents?

The lack of institutions cannot possibly have led to the decline of the social structure, neither the amount of educational institutions and services and support offered by the government. Yet, the number of single parents and the rate of unemployment have largely increased over the past five decades. Therefore, many wonder whether the government does too much which makes youngsters lose the incentive to work or whether parents have passed on wrong values to their children failing to raise them properly.

The values of family life seem to have collapsed as a majority of children are now born outside marriage. The divorce rates are constantly climbing leaving children in the liability and responsibility of a single mother whilst fathers 'refuse to acknowledge their child-rearing responsibilities and instead adopt a selfish, hedonistic approach in which they look no further than their own instant gratification.' Many seem to lack the ability to determine the outcomes of their spur-of-the-moment decisions, not realising that they influence not only their but also their offspring's future.

Field claims that today about 800,000 families in the UK are the immediate result of inadequate parenting skills. The traditional Victorian family that in similar forms has existed up to the 60s, has been replaced by a lose structure of "liberal" behaviour caused by the lack of proper parental guidance, support and upbringing. Instead of having simple values such as providing for oneself, a number of people nowadays rely on governmental support. The problem therein is that if parents are incapable of bringing across the right values, how will their children in turn be able to provide their own children with the necessary set of principles, morals and characteristics? This whole process is a vicious circle apparent not only in British society but in a number of societies across the globe including developed countries such as the USA, Germany, Canada, etc.

Children, however, are often genuinely interested in what involves being a good parent. Parenting skills should not be taken for granted as something that comes naturally once the baby is born. Field, therefore, suggests the inclusion of a parenting GCSE in order to help children who have not had the advantage of being endowed with a grasping set of skills by their own parents. In turn, they will be able to raise their own children in a better way than they have been brought up themselves. The aim of this GCSE shall show the teenagers how to build positive bonds with their offspring.  

It is left to the reader to determine whether a GCSE qualification in parenting will produce better parents. Clearly, something has to be done and this along with other measures might be the first step towards the improvement of society.

 

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