The Role of Parental Control in Dealing with Drug Addiction and Juvenile Delinquency among Adolescents in Sindh: Narrative Literature Review

Abstract

Mal-adaptive behavior problems of drug addiction and juvenile delinquency have reached at a very destructive and disturbing situation in Pakistan. The level of severity of the drug addiction and juvenile crime in Sindh-province of Pakistan requires the joint efforts and struggle from parents, social science researchers and members of society in order to recognize and eliminate such fatal behaviors among adolescents, which are building the blocks of any society. This is a theoretical study-designed to review the parental control, and analyze the impact of parental control with drug addiction and juvenile delinquency. Further, it also supposed that although there are the various families –related reasons behind drug addiction and juvenile delinquency among adolescents, family and parental attitude in general and parental control in a specific is highly responsible for such destructive and maladaptive behaviour among youth. For better understanding of the problem; this investigation reviewed extensively empirical research studies about parental control and both problem behaviors. The study found parental attitude and parental control specially related, greatly responsible for psycho-social problems of drug addiction and juvenile delinquency. The findings of this theoretical research highlighted the importance of parents ‘control and its relationship with children’s the overall behaviour. Further, the research task highlighted the importance of parents’ relationship with children and their control, and also monitoring of children as well adolescents. Thus, the research study concludes with some recommendations to address the problems of drug addiction and juvenile crime among adolescents.