JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

First of all let us say thanks to The Almighty for given us grace, guidance, and the
never ending blessing to us so we can gather in this place. Today, I would like to deliver my
speech on juvenile delinquency. Teenagers like us are emotionally fragile and unstable, has
high curiosity and likes to try new things. So it is not a new thing that some students are
involved in criminal activities such as free sex, drugs, gangster, and any other criminal
actions. Juvenile delinquency itself is a crime committed by children or teenagers under 18
years old. Delinquency itself is an act which cannot be accepted by the society. Teen age is a
transition from childhood into adulthood. The children are experiencing the development
process however some of them are succeed to become good adults meanwhile the other are
falling for juvenile delinquency actions. One of the strongest factors that make teenagers
being defiant is wrong friendship.

MY FRIENDS,

I will take one of the juvenile delinquency examples which is drugs. Drugs are illegal
medicines which endanger the teenagers’ lives. Prevention is better than medication, drugs
need to be stop from now before it takes more lives. I will explain about several ways to keep
us away from drugs. The most important thing is let us be more faithful to our religion, there
is no religion who allows human to consume things that endanger the human’s life. Try to
understand about the religion’s significance so religion can guide you into the right path. You
will understand which is right or wrong for you if you can value your faith. The second thing
is to strengthen your bond with your family members. The family role in the effort of drugs
prevention is very enormous.

Parents are the first teacher for their children so I encourage you to be a smart father and
mother for your children in the future. Parents should nurture the children to be a responsible
human. Parents will always direct the children to do positive thing, all that we can do is to
follow and be obedient to their directions. Parents know what is right or wrong for us so if
our parents limit our activities or social life, please understand that they are doing that
because they love you. The third factor that will leads into teenager delinquency is friends.
Some of us might be spending more time with friend instead of family. Slow but sure, your
behavior will be affected by your friends. Moreover teenagers have high curiosity therefore it
is very dangerous to be friend with friends who like to do negative things. Last but not least,
we will be categorized as geeky or outdated. Some teenagers assume that they are cool if they
try to smoke, drugs, or brawl.

The fact is staying away from juvenile delinquency is not an easy task to do, we should bare
it when some of our friends said that we are outdated, geeky, or being bullied. Let us keep
this in mind, drugs or any other juvenile delinquency activities will destroy our life. Juvenile
delinquency is hard to be eliminated but we can overcome that if we are motivated to stay
away from those harmful actions. Let us fill our teen age life with positive activities that will
be beneficial for family, nation, and our beloved country. Thank you for your attention, see
you!