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
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.
