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| Yes | 52% | 907 votes | Total: 1758 votes | |
| No | 48% | 851 votes |
Yes
Created on: July 29, 2008 Last Updated: April 07, 2012
Parents aren't given a parenting guide or manual to make certain that their children become mature,
Created on: November 11, 2010 Last Updated: December 18, 2010
Scientific debates on whether nature or nurture plays a greater part in influencing behavior has been
Created on: August 22, 2008 Last Updated: August 23, 2008
This question is not that easy to answer. We humans are very complex by nature. There are a variety
Created on: December 22, 2009
I am voicing my opinion based on my background experience in both the criminal justice system: corrections,
Created on: September 12, 2008
My Parents, My Life Coaches
From my very earliest memories, I can remember my mother consistently reminding
by Latasha Cook
Created on: July 17, 2009 Last Updated: July 18, 2009
Children learn everything from their parents in early childhood. Parents are the biggest influence.
Created on: April 30, 2010
When thinking whether or not parents are responsible for their child behaves, consider an example. You
by Michael Bock
Created on: August 11, 2010
Parents are indeed responsible for their child's behavior, but parents are not the only ones who carry
Created on: February 07, 2009
Parents cannot take all the credit or shoulder the blame for the actions of their children when they
Created on: January 02, 2010
Yes, of course parents are responsible for how their children act as adults! Your children are an extension
Created on: July 24, 2009 Last Updated: February 20, 2010
For many of us our parents were our first teachers. It was their initial influence that began
by S. Colvin
Created on: July 11, 2009
I love questions that make you really sit back and think before you are able to give an honest answer.
Created on: October 25, 2009 Last Updated: October 27, 2009
You can tell straight away if a child has been brought up well by their behavior and the way they speak
Created on: September 11, 2009
"Children learn to care by experiencing good care" - parenting expert, author and educator, Barbara
Created on: March 31, 2008 Last Updated: January 04, 2009
Parents often are responsible for the behavior of their children as adults. Good parenting is very much
by Maria Brogna
Created on: December 01, 2008 Last Updated: April 28, 2009
As a single mother of a five year old boy whose father packed a bag and never looked back I ponder this
Created on: June 02, 2009
This is another helium question which could be answered either way. As I am wont to do, I am looking
Created on: June 19, 2008
Yes parents are responsible for how their children act once they have reached adulthood. My argument
Created on: April 14, 2009
Parents are responsible for their children until the day they die.
Many question if this statement means
Created on: August 07, 2008
Having to choose a side on this debate is a little tricky, because the question itself raises the issue
No
Created on: March 05, 2010
Ah. And the age-old excuse returns. I could quite easily sit back now and say, "Mother, I am clinically
Created on: August 06, 2009
Are parents responsible for how their children act as adults? Definitely not, once a child has become
Created on: May 21, 2008
Parents contribute significantly to the shaping of a child's inner sense of security, value system and
by P.D. Rivers
Created on: October 29, 2011
"Nature or nurture?" is a question considered whenever trying to decide if parents are responsible for
Created on: April 02, 2009 Last Updated: April 03, 2009
How does the saying go, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it"? This is how
Created on: November 01, 2009 Last Updated: November 02, 2009
One of the most unjust elements of twentieth century psychology was the notion that you could always
Created on: December 24, 2009
Are parents responsible for how their children act as adults? Difficult!
You look at some families
by Gary Maclean
Created on: February 24, 2009 Last Updated: April 21, 2010
As the twig is bent, so will the tree grow. Fortunately for us, our children are not twigs and they
by Roy Malton
Created on: November 05, 2008
The short answer is no. While parents are a great shaping force on a child's attitude and personality
Created on: March 18, 2010
Who is Responsible for Adult Behavior
Since we are talking about the behavior of the adult I think it
by Carole Ligi
Created on: April 01, 2010 Last Updated: June 23, 2010
Parents are responsible for their children up until the time the children become adults and are officially
Created on: July 31, 2011 Last Updated: August 01, 2011
I believe that we do the best we can when raising our children. We try to teach them right from
Created on: January 21, 2010 Last Updated: January 23, 2010
As adults it seems that you should no longer have the right to blame your parents or friends for how
by Clyde Hady
Created on: August 23, 2009 Last Updated: August 24, 2009
To suggest that parenting skills properly applied will somehow produce an absolute result, is to suggest
Created on: July 13, 2010 Last Updated: July 14, 2010
Absolutely not! A parent is only expected to rear their child. Although it is easy for the
Created on: April 16, 2009
Are parents responsible for how their children act as adults?
I can understand why you would want to
by Charles Ray
Created on: September 14, 2009
"The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree." Many of us were raised listening to this old adage; saying
by G E Barr
Created on: September 25, 2008
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH AGE
I don't think that parents are responsible for how their children act as adults.
by Jenny Tolley
Created on: February 07, 2009 Last Updated: March 20, 2010
I believe that parents are responsible for raising their children to the best of their ability. Once
Created on: February 20, 2009
I'd have to say yes and no to that question. I think it largely depends on how you interpret the question.