Nowadays many young people deliberately damage public places. What are the causes and solutions?

 

Nowadays many young people deliberately damage public places. What are the causes and solutions?

Cause 

• Lack of counseling about how to vent their anger 
• Lack of education about the relevance of communal properties - youth are completely oblivious of this fact that public places are funded by taxpayers’ money and hold a great importance for society 
• Lack of empathy towards surroundings 
• Lack of accountability 
• An intent to highlight their fearless  attitude 
• Absence of proper measures to counter such acts 

Measures to counter such acts 

• Educating them about the significance of such places and the impact of their actions
• Holding them or their families accountable for such damage and making them bear the expenditure of such damage 
• Punitive measures: penalty and punishment 
• Installing proper security for such location 
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In concurrent times, a startling phenomenon seems to be surfacing around where the youngsters  are found defiling public spaces. Many attribute such conduct to lack of education and accountability among them. As per experts, certain judicious steps can help curtail such acts. 

 

The primary reason behind such disruptive behavior among the youth is absence of adequate enlightenment about the relevance of such places, and their obligations as lawful citizens. It has been observed that youngsters are completely oblivious about the role of communal property, why it is there and how it is to be used; and moreover, why it is necessary to protect it from being desecrated. This lack of knowledge also leads to apathy, encourages anti-social acts, and many end up taking such properties for granted, and defiling them for either pleasure,  or vent out their anger.  

 

Additionally, dearth of adequate measures to ensure prevention of such conduct is adding fuel to fire and exacerbating the situation. Across the world, as it has been surveyed, governments are yet come up with ways to surmount such unruly behavior, and vandals have a free run, who go around damaging the property that belongs not only to society but also them cumulatively, at their will fearlessly.  

 

Nevertheless, this menace can be curbed provided families and  schools join hands in informing young ones about their civic obligations towards society - that should mandatorily include teaching about significance of such places. Besides this, the state should resort to punitive methods: penalties and punishments for perpetrators and their families to discourage such endeavors.

 

Overall, although vandalism involving young individuals is a pressing  problem today, it is not unconquerable. Appropriate social education  and prudent steps by authorities can go a long way in overcoming this issue.