Youth in Crisis
The most dangerous time of a young person’s life is between the ages of 15 and 25. Parents are always dismayed that their child has ended up in trouble, and often the first reaction is one of disgust and repudiation.
It is important to recognize that today’s society, for any manner of reasons, has prolonged the passage of child to adult to the late twenties. The result is that young people have had the experience of maturing delayed, so that as a consequence, they make juvenile decisions in dangerous situations which leads to actions exciting the attention of the authorities.
Typically the young person has any one of a list of immature traits like the following:
- Impulsivity
- Lack of Empathy
- Lack of Self-Esteem
- Lack of the Big Picture
- Lack of Reality Checks
- Unspecified Ange
- Frustration
- General Anxiety
- Bad Peer Influence
These problems may be exaggerated if the young person has a learning disability or is adopted.
This is a situation that must be dealt with quickly and thoroughly. The young person is usually not a bad person, just a person who has made a bad choice. Leaving them to fend on their own is a choice that might also be bad. These young people all have the potential to one day settle down and become productive members of society that you, as parents, can be proud of.
Experience has shown that if you can steer them through their troubles, they will revert to the beautiful child you knew pre-puberty and will emerge as a wonderfully mature, responsible, educated, productive and loving adult.
Deal with the problem with the best legal and medical help you can afford.
Contact John Bethell for more information.
Located in: Criminal Law
